Tufani Saroj (born 2 July 1956) is an Indian politician in 13th and 14th Lok Sabha from Saidpur, Ghazipur and 15th Lok Sabha from MachhliShahr, Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] He represents the MachhliShahr Constituency in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India and is a Member of Samajwadi Party.[2][3][4][5]

Tufani Saroj
Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
10 March 2022
Preceded byDinesh Choudhary
ConstituencyKerakat, Jaunpur
Member of Parliament, Loksabha
In office
October 1999 - May 2009 (2 Times)
Preceded byBizay Sonkar Shastri
Succeeded byConstituency Abolished
ConstituencySaidpur, Ghazipur
In office
May 2009 - May 2014
Preceded byUmakant Yadav
Succeeded byRam Charitra Nishad
ConstituencyMachhliShahr, Jaunpur
Personal details
Born (1956-07-02) 2 July 1956 (age 67)
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partySamajwadi Party
SpouseMunni Devi
Children5
ResidenceJaunpur, Uttar Pradesh
EducationGraduation
Alma materGorakhpur University
ProfessionAgriculture
Websitehttp://www.samajwadiparty.in

Early life and education edit

Tufani Saroj was born 2 July 1956 in Jaunpur District of Uttar Pradesh to his father Jangi and mother Mulana Devi. He married Munni Devi on 8 May 1986. They have four daughters and a son.[6] He attended Baldeo Degree College, Baragaon, Varanasi for Bachelor of Arts.[7][8][9][10]

Political career edit

Tufani Saroj is a Member of the Samajwadi Party and has won the 1999, 2004 & 2009 Indian general Elections from the Saidpur, Ghazipur and Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency) on Samajwadi Party ticket.[11][12]

In 16th Loksabha (2014) Elections, Samajwadi Party again made him its candidate from Machhali Shahar (Lok Sabha Constituency). He contested election but lost in Narendra Modi wave, he lost to Bhartiya Janta Party Ram Charitra Nishad and stood on third with 191,387 (19.18%) votes.[13][14][15]

Posts Held edit

SL From To Position
1. 1999 2004 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha (1st term) from Saidpur, Ghazipur
2. 1999 2000 Member, Committee on Information Technoloty
3. 2000 2001 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
4. 2001 2002 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
5. 2004 2009 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term) from Saidpur, Ghazipur
6. 5 Aug. 2004 2009 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development
7. 1 Aug. 2007 2009 Member, Committee on Estimates
8. 5 Aug. 2007 2009 Member, Committee on Information Technology
9. 7 Aug. 2007 2009 Member, Committee on MPLADS
10. 2009 2014 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term) from MachhliShhar, Jaunpur
11. 6 Aug. 2009 2014 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2009-2010)
12. 31 Aug. 2009 2014 Member, Committee on Information Technology
13. 7 Oct. 2009 2014 Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
14. 10 Mar. 2022 Elected to 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly from Kerakat, Jaunpur

See also edit

References edit

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  6. ^ "गंगा सफाई के दावेदार वरुणा के लिए भी सोचें". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  7. ^ "द्वारका में पूर्व सांसद तूफानी सरोज के गले से चेन झपटकर बदमाश फरार". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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  11. ^ "UP Assembly polls: credibility of bigwigs at stake". Hindustan Times. 20 April 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  12. ^ Yadav, Krishna Kumar (12 July 2013). "डाकिया डाक लाया: झलकियाँ : मडियाहूँ मुख्य डाकघर, जौनपुर का प्रोजेक्ट एरो के तहत लोकार्पण". डाकिया डाक लाया. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  13. ^ "जौनपुर: दूसरे राज्यों में फंसे मजदूरों को लाने की पहल करे सरकारः तूफानी सरोज - उम्मीद". www.aapkiummid.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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