Rajesh Tripathi | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Vinay Shankar Tiwari |
| Constituency | Chillupar |
| In office May 2007 –March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Hari Shankar Tiwari |
| Succeeded by | Vinay Shankar Tiwari |
| Constituency | Chillupar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964or1965(age 60–61) [1] |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Residence(s) | Chillupar,Uttar Pradesh,India [1] |
| Alma mater | Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University,1985 |
Rajesh Tripathi is an Indian politician and a member of 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Chillupar. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, [1] [2] and had represented the Chillupar constituency as a member of the 15th and 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. [3] [4] He is also known as Muktpath Wale Baba and has also served as a minister in the state government. [5]
Tripathi was born to Shivakant Tripathi and hails from Chillupar in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh. He did his graduation from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University in 1985. [1]
Tripathi defeated strongman Harishankar Tiwari in 2007 in the Uttar Pradesh assembly election,and repeated it again in 2012,becoming a member of the 15th and 16th Legislative Assemblies from Chillupar. [6] [3] [4] In the 2017 election,Tripathi lost to Vinay Shankar Tiwari,son of Harishankar Tiwari. [7]
In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election,Tripathi defeated the junior Tiwari as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Chillupar. [1] [2]
He served as the Minister for Homoeopathy and Religious Endowment in the Government of Uttar Pradesh,under the leadership of the Bahujan Samaj Party. [8]
In 2009,a woman accused Tripathi of stealing her child from a hospital in 2004. Tripathi denied the allegation,claiming that the child had been found abandoned and was formally handed over to him by a village council,and expressed willingness to undergo a DNA test. [9]