Tej Narayan Pandey
Indian politician
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Tej Narayan Pandey is an Indian politician. He represented Ayodhya as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Samajwadi Party. He was elected as MLA of the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Ayodhya.
Tej Narayan Pandey | |
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| Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 15 March 2012 – 19 March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Lallu Singh |
| Succeeded by | Ved Prakash Gupta |
| Constituency | Ayodhya |
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| Born | 1980 or 1981 (age 45–46)[1] |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Alma mater | Lucknow University, 2003 |
| Profession | Politician |
On February 7, 2013, he was assigned to be the minister for entertainment tax (independent Charge) in the newly elected Akhilesh Yadav government.[2] On June 17, 2014, Pandey stepped down from Akhilesh Yadav ministry, while continuing to be part of the party executive committee.[3]
Early life
Pandey was born to Rajbhushan and hails from Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. He did his post graduation work at Lucknow University in 2003.[1]
Political career
Pandey joined the Samajwadi party in 1998. He was elected vice-president of Lucknow University in 2004.[4] He is a member of Akhilesh yadav, or "Team Eleven".[4]
Some of his efforts were recognized by the people of Faizabad for his approval of a medical college there.[5]
Pandey was the seventh Akhilesh aide in a prominent post only to be expelled by Shivpal within a month.[6]
He lost his seat in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election to Ved Prakash Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[7]