Vidyasagar Sonkar

Vidyasagar Sonkar
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
2018
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1996-1998
Preceded byRajnath Sonkar Shastri
Succeeded byBizay Sonkar Shastri
ConstituencySaidpur, Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1961-07-21) 21 July 1961 (age 63)
Sukhipur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseRekha Sonkar
ChildrenOne daughter
Source: [1]

Vidyasagar Sonkar is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Saidpur, Uttar Pradesh as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2][3]

He is currently a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and State General Secretary of BJP in Uttar Pradesh.[4] In the elections on 19 April 2018, BJP won 11 out of 13 seats and the remaining two were won by Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party each.[5]

  1. ^ India. Parliament. Lok Sabha (2003). Indian Parliamentary Companion: Who's who of Members of Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 578. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  2. ^ "BJP likely to field 2 Dalits in UP legislative council polls". Pankaj Shah. The Times of India. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. ^ "All 13 candidates declared elected unopposed to UP legislative council". The New Indian Express. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  4. ^ "पूर्व सांसद विद्या सागर भाजपा के प्रदेश महामंत्री". Jagran. 19 April 2018.
  5. ^ "All 13 candidates declared elected unopposed to UP legislative council". The New Indian Express. 19 April 2018.