Jaunpur is a city and a municipal board in Jaunpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located 228 km southeast of state capital Lucknow. Demographically,Jaunpur resembles the rest of the Purvanchal area in which it is located.
Parasnath Yadav was an Indian politician and was elected 7 times MLA in Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh,3 times Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh and 2 times Member of Parliament from Jaunpur. He was suffering from bladder cancer for many years,eventually he died on the 12 June 2020 at his residence in Jaunpur district,Uttar Pradesh. He had a problem with Prostate. He went to Mumbai for treatment. He was undergoing treatment at Kokilaben dhirubhai ambani Hospital. He had returned to Jaunpur from Mumbai and after few days he died due to COVID-19.
Usraon (Mariyahu) is a town and nagar panchayat in Jaunpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the six tahsils of Jaunpur District;the others are Jaunpur City,Shahganj,Machalishahar,Badlapur and Kerakat.
Yashpal Arya is a 7-time MLA from Uttar Pradesh (twice) and Uttarakhand combined. He is a former Minister of Transportation,Social Welfare,Minority and Students' Welfare in the Government of Uttarakhand under Bharatiya Janata Party's rule. Currently,he is an Indian National Congress leader and member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He is a former Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly under Indian National Congress' rule. He was elected from Mukteshwar constituency in the 2007 Uttarakhand state assembly elections.
Tribhuvan Ram is an Indian politician and member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate representing Ajagara constituency of Uttar Pradesh. He was a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly from 2012 to 2017 as a Bahujan Samaj Party representative.
Jagdish Sonkar is an Indian politician and a member of 14th,15th,16th &17th Legislative Assembly,Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Machhlishahr constituency in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
Shailendra Yadav Lalai is an Indian politician and former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Shahganj constituency in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh,India. He was elected as a member of Legislative Assembly,Uttar Pradesh consecutively for the fourth time. He was the Minister of State for Energy and Planning in the previous Samajwadi Party (SP) government led by the then Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. The national president of Samajwadi Party (SP) and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav has appointed him as the opposition's deputy Chief Whip in the current (17th) Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He is believed to be a close ally of Akhilesh Yadav and the latter counts on him a lot.
Ramesh Chandra Mishra is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Badlapur constituency in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
Bhadon is a village and Gram Panchayat located in Martinganj tehsil of the Azamgarh District in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,near the border with Jaunpur District. It is 37.7 kilometres (23.4 mi) north-east of the district headquarters in Azamgarh and 229.9 kilometres (142.9 mi) from the state capital of Lucknow.
Handia is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Handia in the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh,India.
Shahganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Shahganj in the Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh,India.
Malhani is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Malhani in the Jaunpur District of Uttar Pradesh,India.
Jaunpur is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Jaunpur in the Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh,India.
Machhlishahr is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Machhlishahr in the Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh,India.
Surendra Nath Singh is an Indian politician and was a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represented the Bairia constituency in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party but switched to Vikassheel Insaan Party to fight the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections.
Nadeem Javed is an Indian politician,affiliated to Indian National Congress. He served as the MLA representing the Jaunpur of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017. He was appointed as the chairman of All India Minority Congress,minority department of Indian National Congress,in May 2018.
This is a list of people bearing the surname Sonkar.
Banke Lal Sonkar is an Indian politician and a member of the 13th Legislative Assembly of India. He represents the Shahganj constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party political party.
Rakesh Pratap Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly from Gauriganj constituency. He is a member of Samajwadi Party. Singh was elected for the first time in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh election,an accomplishment he repeated in 2017. He resigned on 31 October 2021 citing "non-fulfilment of promises" by the government.
Ragini Sonkar is an Indian physician and politician serving as a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from Machhlishahr representing the Samajwadi Party. She is the daughter of politician Kailash Nath Sonkar.
