Keshav Prasad Maurya | |
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| Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 19 March 2017 Serving with Brijesh Pathak | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Preceded by | Kamalapati Tripathi |
| Minister of Rural Development Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 25 March 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Preceded by | Rajendra Pratap Singh |
| Minister of Public Works Department Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 19 March 2017 – 25 March 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Succeeded by | Jitin Prasada |
| Minister of Food Processing Industries Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 19 March 2017 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 9 September 2017 | |
| Constituency | elected by Legislative Assembly members |
| President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 8 April 2016 – 31 August 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Laxmikant Bajpai |
| Succeeded by | Mahendra Nath Pandey |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 26 May 2014 – 21 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Kapil Muni Karwariya |
| Succeeded by | Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel |
| Constituency | Phulpur |
| Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2012–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Wachaspati |
| Succeeded by | Wachaspati |
| Constituency | Sirathu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 May 1969 Sirathu, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party |  Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Residence(s) | Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Education | B.A. |
| Occupation |
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| Website | keshavprasadmaurya |
As of 17 December, 2016 Source: [1] | |
Keshav Prasad Maurya (born 7 May 1969) is an Indian politician, currently serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Maurya was associated with a right-wing Hindu organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, before entering active politics through BJP. He was also involved in cow protectionism in his early life. Before 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, he was made state president of the BJP, and after the victory of BJP, he was appointed Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in the first Yogi Adityanath Government.[1][2][3] Maurya again contested the legislative assembly elections in 2022 from Sirathu Assembly constituency, losing to Pallavi Patel of Samajwadi Party. However, he was given a second term as Deputy CM in the second Yogi Adityanath government.
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- ^ "Keshav Prasad Maurya, the deputy CM rewarded for BJP win in UP". The Times of India. 18 March 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ Thakur, Meenal (11 March 2017). "UP Election Results 2017: Did BJP's OBC card in Keshav Prasad Maurya hit the nail?". mint. Retrieved 28 October 2023.