Kishore Upadhyaya

Kishore Upadhyay
Member of Legislative Assembly
for Tehri
Assumed office
2022
Preceded byDhan Singh Negi
In office
2002–2012
Preceded byLakhiram Joshi
Succeeded byDinesh Dhanai
President
Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
13 June 2014 – 4 May 2017
Preceded byYashpal Arya
Succeeded byPritam Singh
Personal details
Born (1958-06-01) 1 June 1958 (age 66)
Tehri, Uttar Pradesh, India
(now in Uttarakhand, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2022- Present) Indian National Congress (2002-2022)
Residence(s)New Tehri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

Kishore Upadhyaya (born 1 June 1958) is an Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Tehri in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He has been a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since moving from the Indian National Congress in January 2022. He has been elected three times to represent Tehri, in 2002, 2007 and 2022. In 2012 Assembly election, he lost to Dinesh Dhanai an Independent candidate by 377 votes.[1] He served as the Minister of state for Industrial Development under N. D. Tiwari ministry from 2002 to 2004.

Kishore Upadhyaya was the President of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee from 2014 to 2017, taking over from Yashpal Arya.[2][3]