Sarojini Agarwal

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Sarojini Agarwal
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Assumed office
6 May 2018
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Political party Samajwadi Party (till 2017)
BJP (2017- )
Alma mater

Sarojini Agarwal is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. In the elections on 23 March, BJP won 11 out of 13 seats and the remaining two were won by Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party each. [2]

In 2017, Sarojini Agarwal resigned Samajwadi Party and joined BJP. [3] [4] She vacated her seat for Yogi Adityanath to become an MLC after he was chosen as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. [5]

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