Radha Mohan Das Agarwal

Ragini Agrawal

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(m. 1988)​

Dr. Radha Mohan Das Agrawal
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2022
Children	1 daughter
Parents	Dau Das Agrawal (father) Narbada Devi (mother)
Residence(s)	Daudpur, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Alma mater	Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
Profession	Politician Physician

Dr. Radha Mohan Das Agrawal (born 6 March 1955) is the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Uttar Pradesh since July 5, 2022, and has been a member of the 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Since 2002, he has represented Gorakhpur Urban (Assembly constituency) as a member of the BJP. ^{[2] [3]}

In September 2022, BJP national president J. P. Nadda appointed him as in-charge of the BJP in Lakshadweep and as co-in-charge of the BJP in Kerala. He has been given responsibility as BJP Karnataka State election in-charge for the 2024 Lok Sabha general election.

He has been appointed a Member of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Finance and a Member of the Standing Committee of Finance for 2022–23. Furthermore, he has also been appointed as a member of the Hindi Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs since 2022. He is nominated as a Member of the Council of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research and a Member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Jan Vishwas Bill 2022. In March 2023, he was elected to the Member Standing Committee on Public Undertaking.

Personal life

Dr. Agrawal was born on March 6, 1955, in Gorakhpur to Late. Daw Das Agrawal. He married Aditi Agrawal on January 20, 1988, and has a pediatrician daughter. ^[1] He is also a pediatrician. Agrawal did his MBBS in 1976 and his MD in pediatrics in 1981, both from the Banaras Hindu University. ^{[1] [3] [2]}

Political career

Agrawal's political journey started during college when he joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and later joined student politics. He was elected president of the Junior Doctors Association in 1974 and later general secretary of the BHU Teachers Association (BHUTA). He was then chosen as General Secretary of the Federation of Central University Teacher's Unions by profession.^{[ citation needed ]} In 1986, after resigning as Asst. Professor of BHU started a clinic in Gorakhpur, inaugurated by the National President of the then Janata Party, Chandra Shekhar, who became Prime Minister of India. He led Kashmir Bachao Manch, Swadeshi Jagran Manch, and Pragya Prawah as Vibhaag Sangyojak. He served as a deputy secretary of Vishwa Samvad Kendra at Gorakhprant of RSS.

His political activities started in 1998 at the invitation of Yogi Adityanath, the then Mahant of Gorakhnath Math. He became his election convenor of the Gorakhpur Urban (Assembly constituency) when Yogi was contesting as a BJP MP candidate from Gorakhpur for the first time. He was elected as an MLA from Gorakhpur Urban (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the 14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2002) from a ticket of Hindu Mahasabha. He defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Pramod Kumar Tekriwal by a margin of 18,448 (18.67%) votes. ^[4]

Before the 2007 elections, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. In the 15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2007) elections, he again contested from Gorakhpur Urban (Assembly constituency) and was elected MLA by defeating Bhanu Prakash Mishra (Samajwadi Party) by a margin of 22,392 (24.66%) votes.

In his 3rd Vidhan Sabha election (2012), he won by a margin of 48,000, and in the fourth election in 2017, he again increased his margin to 62,000. ^[4]

In 2022, the BJP high command decided to nominate Yogi Adityanath as an MLA candidate for Gorakhpur. The BJP national president, J. P. Nadda, requested he vacate the seat, which he gladly accepted.

The BJP high command nominated him as a BJP candidate for the Rajya Sabha election on May 31, 2022, which he won unopposed. ^{[5] [6]}

Recently, on April 4, 2023, Dr. Agrawal was acquitted of a criminal case under Articles 147, 323, 352, and 447 of the Indian Penal Code. He was also acquitted under Articles 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, which Dr. Agrawal said was a result of political jealousy and rivalry. ^[7] Two other cases were also filed against him but were later dropped.

On January 30, 2023, Dr. Agrawal was appointed National General Secretary of the BJP. ^[8] Dr. Agrawal has been given the responsibility of Karnataka BJP Election In-Charge for the 2024 Lok Sabha Election.

References

1. "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Member info". www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
2. "DR Radha Mohan Das Agrawal : (BJP) Bharatiya Janata Party, MLA, Gorakhpur Urban Constituency". Janpratinidhi. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
3. ADR. "Dr Radha Mohan Das Agarwal(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- GORAKHPUR URBAN (GORAKHPUR) – Affidavit Information of Candidate". Myneta.info. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
4. "Gorakhpur Urban Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". www.elections.in. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
5. PTI (29 May 2022). "Former MLA who left his seat for Yogi Adityanath among BJP's Rajya Sabha candidates from U.P." The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 14 May 2024.
6. "BJP rewards veterans Radha Mohan Das, Laxmikant Bajpai with Rajya Sabha berths from Uttar Pradesh". The Times of India. 30 May 2022. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 14 May 2024.
7. "BJP's Radha Mohan Das Agrawal acquitted in 2015 assault case". Hindustan Times. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
8. "Four New Stars in UP Politics – and All of Them Have a Bone to Pick With Adityanath". The Wire. Retrieved 13 May 2024.