Hari Om Pandey is an Indian politician belonging to the

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(BJP). He is currently serving as

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(MLC) from Ayodhya-Ambedkarnagar Local Authorities seat.He served as the Member of the Parliament (

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), from 2014 to 2019. He won in the

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from the Ambedkar Nagar constituency in the state of

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. He defeated his nearest rival Rakesh Pandey of

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(BSP) by a margin of 139,429 votes. He is the first person from BJP to win Ambedkar nagar constituency. He is also cousin of NRI Researcher Kaushlendra Tripathi.

Positions held

* May 2014: Elected to 16th Lok Sabha * 1 September 2014 onwards: Member, Standing Committee on Human Resource Development; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

References

Living people India MPs 2014–2019 People from Ambedkar Nagar district Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh 1956 births Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub