Raghuraj Singh Shakya

Raghuraj Singh Shakya is an Indian politician and a member of 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Etawah (Assembly constituency) of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohiya.


Raghuraj Singh Shakya
MLA in 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
In office
March 2012  March 2017
ConstituencyEtawah (Assembly constituency)
Personal details
Born (1968-07-01) 1 July 1968
Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
Political partyPragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohiya
Spouse(s)Seema Singh Shakya
ResidenceEtawah
As of 21 September, 2006
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On 27 January 2017, Shakya resigned from his position believing that Mulayam Singh Yadav was being humiliated in the recent dispute between Mulayam and Akhilesh Yadav.[1]

Political career

Shakya has been a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Since 2012, he has represented the Etawah (Assembly constituency) and is a member of the Samajwadi Party. In 2012 elections He defeated Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Mahendra Singh Rajpoot by a margin of 6,264 votes.[2]

Posts held

#FromToPositionComments
01March 2012March 2017Member, 16th Legislative Assembly

References

  1. "Etawah sitting MLA Raghuraj Singh Shakya resigns". Times of India. 28 January 2017.
  2. "Etawah Election Results 2017". elections.in. Retrieved 30 November 2018.


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