Umesh Meena

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Umesh Meena
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Umesh Meena in 2024
Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
3 Dec 2023
Children1 (Unnati)
Parent(s)Ratan Lal Meena (father)
Ganga Devi (mother)
Alma mater Mohanlal Sukhadia University (BA, LLB)
Occupation Politician

Umesh Meena (born 25 August 1993) is an Indian politician and a Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Aspur Assembly constituency as a Member of the Bharat Adivasi Party. He won the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election against Gopi Chand Meena, a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party by securing 93,168 votes. [1] [2]

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Education

He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in 2015 from Mohanlal Sukhadia University. Later, he pursued and completed a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 2022 from the same university. [3]

Political career

In 2023, He secured victory in the 2023 elections as Member of legislative Assembly from Aspur Constituency, defeating Gopichand Meena with a significant margin of 28,086 votes. [4] Meena had previously contested the Aspur seat in the 2018 elections but failed to win by 5,300 votes. [5]

In addition to his role as an MLA, Meena currently serves as a Member of the Ethics Committee of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. [6]

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References

  1. "Aspur Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: BADVP's Umesh Meena with 93168 defeats BJP's Gopichand". India Today. 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  2. "Aspur, Rajasthan Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: Aspur सीट पर Umesh Meena ने Gopichand कोहराया". आज तक (in Hindi). 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20240702075611/https://assembly.rajasthan.gov.in/Attachments/PDF/16Affidavits/23.pdf
  4. "Aspur Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: BADVP's Umesh Meena with 93168 defeats BJP's Gopichand". India Today. 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  5. http://web.archive.org/web/20231113055457/https://ceorajasthan.nic.in/Vidhansabha%202018/DetailedResults.pdf
  6. "Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (Sr. No. 80)". assembly.rajasthan.gov.in. Retrieved 2024-07-02.