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Rajesh Kumar Agrahari is an Indian entrepreneur, industrialist and politician currently affiliated since 2014 with the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a former Samajwadi Party leader from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, who was expelled from the party by UP CM Akhilesh Yadav for his anti-party activities. [1] [2] [3]

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Business career

Rajesh Agrahari is Director of Rajesh Masala Private Limited from 13 February 2004 to present, is registered with Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India (MCA). [4] [5] He became Director of the company, Rajesh Milk Private Limited on 26 April 2012. [6]

Politics

Rajesh was affiliated with Samajwadi Party [7] till his expulsion in July 2014. [8] He is president of the "Amethi Udyog Vypaar Mandal", a traders’ organisation. [9] His wife Chandrama Devi Agrahari has been twice elected to Amethi Nagar Palika election. [10] He unsuccessfully contested 2007 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections from Amethi constituency of Sultanpur district, [11] gained 20804 voted for SP. [12] [13]

Rajesh joined BJP on 28 December 2014 in presence of Union Minister for State Ram Shankar Katheria and UP-BJP President Laxmikant Bajpai. [14] [15]

Controversy and expelled from party

Agrahari had garlanded BJP leader and present Union Minister of Transport Nitin Gadkari when he was in Amethi district during the Lok Sabha polls. [16] On 6 July 2014 Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav has expelled Samajwadi Party leader and industrialist Rajesh Agrahari for his anti-party activities from the party for six years. [17]

Responding to the expulsion, Rajesh Masala head said, "SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav is like my father and he had asked me to join politics." [18] [19] [20] [21]

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