Sanjay Nishad | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Fisheries Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 25 March 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
| 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 | 7 June 1965 Chaumukha,Uttar Pradesh,India |
| Political party | NISHAD Party |
| Other political affiliations | National Democratic Alliance |
| Children | 3 sons:Praveen Kumar Nishad,Amit Nishad,Sarvan Kumar Nishad. |
Sanjay Nishad (born 7 June 1965) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh 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]