Sanghmitra Maurya

Sanghmitra Maurya (born 3 January 1985) is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Badaun, Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, defeating senior Samajwadi Party leader Dharmendra Yadav.[1] She earlier contested in Mainpuri in 2014 as a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party but lost to Mulayam Singh Yadav.[2][3]

Sanghmitra Maurya
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byDharmendra Yadav
ConstituencyBadaun
Personal details
Born (1985-01-03) 3 January 1985
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations		Bahujan Samaj Party
Spouse(s)Naval Kishore Shakya
Children1
FatherSwami Prasad Maurya
Alma materERA's Lucknow Medical College (M.B.B.S)

Personal life

Maurya was born on 3 January 1985 in Allahabad city in Uttar Pradesh to politician Swami Prasad Maurya and Shiva Maurya. She is a practitioner of Buddhism.[4] She is daughter of Swami Prasad Maurya. Her family converted to Buddhism from Hinduism.[5] She did her M.B.B.S from ERA's Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow.[6] Her husband, Naval Kishore Shakya, joined Samajwadi Party in 2018.[7] They have a son.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Badaun Election Result 2019: BJP's Dr Sanghmitra Maurya likely to win with a lead of almost 30000 votes". Times Now. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. "Dhritrashtra Syndrome' dominates phase III in UP". Ashish Tripathi. The Times of India. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. "In UP elections 2017, spotlight to fall on these eight daughters". India Today. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. Awasthi, Puja (15 June 2019). "Sanghmitra Maurya: Prescription for change in Badaun". The Week. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  5. Varagur, Krithika (11 April 2018). "Converting to Buddhism as a Form of Political Protest". The Atlantic. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  7. "Another blow for BJP in Uttar Pradesh, State minister Swami Prasad Maurya's son-in-law joins SP". The Indian Express. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
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