Sanjay Nishad | |
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Minister of Fisheries, Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
Assumed office 25 March 2022 | |
Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
Member of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad | |
Assumed office 1 October 2021 | |
Constituency | Nominated By Governor |
President-Founder of NISHAD Party | |
Assumed office 7 June 2013 | |
Preceded by | position established |
Personal details | |
Born | Chaumukha,Uttar Pradesh,India | 7 June 1965
Political party | NISHAD Party |
Other political affiliations | National Democratic Alliance |
Children | 3 sons:Praveen Kumar Nishad,Amit Nishad,Sarvan Nishad. |
Sanjay Nishad is an Indian politician serving as a cabinet minister in the Second Yogi Adityanath ministry. He has been a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council since 2021. As a member of the Nishad caste,he founded the NISHAD Party in 2016. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Sanjay Nishad was born to a Nishad family on 7 June 1965 in Chaumukha,Gorakhpur. He completed a course in electrohomeopathy. He initiated a struggle to get this course recognised as a medical discipline,and founded the Purvanchal Medical Electro Homeopathy Association in 2002 and became its president. [5] Before forming the NISHAD Party,he ran a clinic at Geeta Vatika Road,Gorakhpur for a decade. [6] [7] [8]
In 2021,Nishad won the election for the Legislative Council and became a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. After the victory of NDA in 2022 UP Elections,he became a Cabinet Minister in the Second Yogi Adityanath ministry,and took the oath on 25 March 2022. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
On 29 April 2022,Sanjay Nishad gave a controversial statement to the media where he claimed that a person who does not love Hindi is "a foreigner or linked to foreign powers" and that "Hindustan is not a place for those who don’t speak Hindi. They should leave this country and go somewhere else.” [14]
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