Dinanath Bhaskar

Dinanath Bhaskar
Minister of Uttar Pradesh
MLA, 12th Legislative Assembly
In office
1993–1995
MinisterHealth Minister
ConstituencyChandauli
Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
In office
2004 – 2007[citation needed]
MLA, 14th Legislative Assembly
In office
2002–2007
ConstituencyBhadohi
Minister of State
In office
2002–2004
ConstituencyAurai
MLA, 17th Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1963-03-10) 10 March 1963 (age 61)
Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janta Party (2015–present)
Other political
affiliations
ProfessionPolitician

Dinanath Bhaskar (born 10 March 1963)[citation needed] is an Indian politician active in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Once a close associate of Kanshi Ram, he was a founding member of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and was Minister for Health during the state's coalition government of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and BSP in 1993. He quit the BSP to join the SP in 1996, rejoined the BSP around 2009 and in 2015 joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

In the 2017 state elections, Bhaskar was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Aurai constituency as a BJP candidate. This was his third successful election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

In 2022 state election, Bhaskar repeated as MLA for the fourth time in the Legislative Assembly.

He is currently working on the Public Accounts Committee UP Legislative Assembly.