Rakesh Sachan
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Rakesh Sachan | |
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| Minister of MSME, Khadi, Village Industries, Sericulture, Textile Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 25 March 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Vinod Kumar Katiyar |
| Constituency | Bhognipur |
| Member of 15th Lok Sabha | |
| In office 16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Mahendra Prasad Nishad |
| Constituency | Fatehpur (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office March 2002 – March 2007 | |
| Constituency | Ghatampur |
| In office March 1993 – March 1996 | |
| Constituency | Ghatampur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 December 1964 Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Party | Bhartiya Janta Party (since 2022) |
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| Spouse | Seema Sachan |
| Children | 3 (2 Sons, 1 Daughter) |
| Alma mater | Kanpur University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Politician |
Rakesh Sachan (born 20 December 1964) is an Indian politician who is currently a Cabinet minister in the Ministry of MSME, Khadi, Village Industries, Sericulture, Textile, Government of Uttar Pradesh & Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 2022 (MLA) from Bhognipur constituency. He has also served two terms in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1993–96 and 2002–2007) and was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) in 2009 from the Fatepur Lok Sabha constituency, on the Samajwadi Party ticket.[1] He stood for re-election from the same constituency in 2014, again as a member of the Samajwadi Party, but lost.[2]
Sachan switched political parties and joined the Indian National Congress on 2 March 2019.[3] In the 2019 Indian general election, he was a candidate from the Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency as a member of INC.[4]
In January 2022, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and became the Cabinet Minister in the Second Yogi Adityanath ministry.[5] He contested from Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhognipur in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[6][7]