Chetram

Chetram is a member of 17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly of Powayan, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Powayan constituency in Shahjahanpur district representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[4][1]

He was first elected as an MLA from Powayan Assembly constituency representing the Indian National Congress winning the 1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. He retained the seat for Congress in the 1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.^[5] Later, he shifted to the BJP and lost the 1991 Assembly election for the same seat to Net Ram of the Indian National Congress.^[5] He later returned to the Indian National Congress and won two terms again in the 1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election and the 1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election to become a five time MLA.^[6][5]

In March 2017, his two sons Anuj and Neeraj were involved in a controversy for allegedly slapping a sub inspector for stopping Anuj on his bike.^[7] Both of them were booked in criminal cases.^[8]

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