Samajwadi Party is a social democratic political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi. It is mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with a significant presence in other states as well.
Bareilly is a city in Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is among the largest metropolises in Western Uttar Pradesh and is the centre of the Bareilly division as well as the historical region of Rohilkhand. The city lies in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, about 252 kilometres (157 mi) north west of the state capital, Lucknow, and 250 kilometres (155 mi) east of the national capital, New Delhi. With a population of 898,167 in 2011, it is the eighth most populous city in the state, seventeenth in northern India and fifty-fourth in India. It is located on the bank of Ramganga River and is the site of the Ramganga Barrage built for canal irrigation.
Santosh Kumar Gangwar is an Indian politician and the former Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Government of India. He is a Member of Parliament, former minister of state in Government of India and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has been Member of Parliament for the city of Bareilly since 1989 till date. He was also the chief whip of the party in 14th Lok Sabha. He faced defeat in the 15th Lok Sabha Elections, 2009 by a very narrow margin. Gangwar was the chairman of the PAC Public Accounts Committee (India) in 2009. He has been elected as Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha. He won by a margin of over 2.4 lakh votes over his rival candidate in 2014 general election. He resigned from the post of cabinet minister ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021.He is currently the Chairperson of the Committee on Public Undertakings.
Atique Ahmed is an Indian politician who is also known as a criminal leader and history sheeter. He was elected as member of legislative assembly from Allahabad west seat for 5 consecutive time which is still a record. In 2004–2009, he was elected as an Samajwadi Party candidate of the 14th Lok Sabha from the Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh. From 1999-2003 he was the president of the Apna Dal, founded by Sone Lal Patel. According to his affidavit in 2014 elections, he has declared that there are now no cases pending against him. The most sensational murder was that of BSP MLA Raju Pal, who had defeated Atique's brother Ashraf in the 2004 Uttar Pradesh state legislature elections.
Akhilesh Yadav is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Having assumed office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38, he is the youngest person to have held the office. Yadav is the Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly since March 2022, an elected Member of Parliament for Azamgarh in the 17th Lok Sabha, and the incumbent Member of Legislative Assembly for Karhal in the 18th Vidhan Sabha.
Nawabganj is a Nagar palika and an administrative subdivision of Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. A Sub Divisional Magistrate, also called Sub Divisional Officer, or pargana-adhikari is the head official.
Gangwar is a sub caste within the larger Kurmi caste of northern India. It is a farming community and has its members in the districts of Bareilly and Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh. Other sub caste of Kurmis in Uttar Pradesh include sub castes like Sachan,Patel, Katiyar, Jaiswar, Baiswar.
Chetram Gangwar was a politician from Uttar Pradesh, India. He was a minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for over twenty years, as the elected representative for Nawabganj constituency.
Anupriya Patel is an Indian politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh belonging to the Apna Dal (Sonelal) party currently serving as the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry of India since from 7 July 2021. She represents Mirzapur in Lok Sabha since 2014. She was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, from 2016 to 2019.
Praveen Singh Aron is a politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party. He was a member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from the Bareilly Lok Sabha constituency between 2009 and 2014. He had also served as MLA twice from Bareilly between 1989 and 1991 and 1993 and 1995. He has also served as minister of state in the government of Uttar Pradesh.
Ram Murti Verma is an Indian politician and former Minister of Milk and Dairy development in the Uttar Pradesh government under Akhilesh Yadav ministry. As a member of the Samajwadi Party, Verma represents the Tanda constituency in the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Before that, he represented the Akbarpur constituency in the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.
Tauqeer Raza Khan is an Indian politician and Islamic cleric from the state of Uttar Pradesh. He is a religious leader of the Bareilvi sect of Sunni Muslims and the founder of the political party Ittehad-e-Millat Council. He is a greatgrandson of Ahmed Raza Khan, who was the founder of the Barelvi movement. He also heads the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (Jaded) after he cut ties with the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, claiming discrimination by the Deobandi Muslims.
Manoj Kumar Paras is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Nagina constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party political party.
Ruchi Vira is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. She represents the Bijnor constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party.
Ataurrehman, also known as Ataur Rahman and Ata Ur Rehman, is an Indian politician and a member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in India. He represents the Baheri constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party, a social democratic political party in India.
Shazil Islam Ansari is an Indian politician and was a member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in India. He represents the Bhojipura constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Ittehad-e-Millat Council political party.
Vikramjeet Maurya is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Phaphamau, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Phaphamau constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttar Pradesh from 10 February to 7 March 2022 in seven phases to elect all 403 members for the 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.
Kesar Gangwar Singh was an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Sanjeev Agarwal is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Bareilly Cantonment of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and is also the State Co-treasurer of the party.
