Bhimrao Ambedkar (Uttar Pradesh politician)
Bhimrao Ambedkar is an Indian politician from the Bahujan Samaj Party and a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.
Bhimrao Ambedkar | |
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 Bhimrao Ambedkar (UP politician) | |
| Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | elected by Legislative Assembly members |
| Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2007 - 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| Alma mater | Kanpur University (MA), Allahabad University (LLB) |
Political career edit
MLC edit
In the elections on 23 March 2018, BJP won 11 out of 13 seats and the remaining two were won by Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party each. Ambedkar became a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.[1][2]
He had earlier unsuccessfully contested the Rajya Sabha elections in 2018 where he was defeated by Anil Agrawal of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
MLA edit
He was elected from the Vidhan Sabha constituency Lakhna seat in the 2007 Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections and MLC U.P. in 2018. He was candidate of MP Rajya Sabha but due to some political situation he could not be elected.[3]
He was named after the Indian leader B. R. Ambedkar.[4]
References edit
- ^ "All 13 candidates declared elected unopposed to UP legislative council". The New Indian Express. 19 April 2018.
- ^ "BSP's Bhim Rao Ambedkar, 12 Others Elected Unopposed to UP Legislative Council". www.news18.com. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "Candidates". www.empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "Ambedkar of UP fights for the BSP". News18. 4 April 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2019.