Sharad Tripathi

Sharad Tripathi was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and has represented the Sant Kabir Nagar constituency in the Indian Parliament since the 2014 general elecion.

Sharad Tripathi
In office
16 May 2014  23 May 2019
Preceded byBhishma Shankar Tiwari, BSP
ConstituencySant Kabir Nagar
Succeeded byPraveen Kumar Nishad, BJP
Personal details
Born (1972-01-09) 9 January 1972
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
CitizenshipIndia
Political partyBhartiya Janta Party
Spouse(s)
Rita Tripathi
(m. 1998)
Alma materPost Graduation, Kanpur University

Education

He completed his Post Graduation from Kanpur University in 1995.

Personal life

Tripathi is son of Shri Ramapati Ram Tripathi, former president of the BJP State Unit of Uttar Pradesh.[1] He married Rita Tripathi on February 19, 1998.

Political career

  • May, 2014: Elected to 16th Lok Sabha
  • 1 Sep. 2014 onwards: Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry Of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation
  • 12 June 2017 onwards: Member, House Committee

Controversies

On March 6, 2019, Sharad Tripathi was seen assaulting BJP MLA Rakesh Singh Baghel with his shoe after he discovered that his name was missing from the foundation stone of a new road.[2][3][4]

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