Kapil Dev Agarwal is an Indian politician. He is a third-time M.L.A. from

Muzaffarnagar Muzaffarnagar (, ) is a city under Muzaffarnagar district in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated midway on the Delhi - Haridwar/Dehradun National Highway ( NH 58) and is also well connected with the national railway network. It ...

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

. He belongs to Bhartiya Janata Party and he was also a former chairman of Muzaffarnagar Nagar Palika. He was appointed a

Minister of State (independent charge) Minister of state is a designation for a government minister, with varying meanings in different jurisdictions. In a number of European countries, the title is given as an honorific conferring a higher rank, often bestowed upon senior ministers ...

in the Yogi Adityanath led UP Government. He holds the portfolio of Skill Development and Vocational Education.

Political career

Kapil Dev Aggarwal is a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly and has earlier been part of the 16th and 17th Legislative Assembly of

. Since 2016, he has represented the Muzaffarnagar constituency and is a member of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

. He defeated Gaurav Swaroop in the bypolls held in 2016 by a margin of 7,352 votes. He retained his seat when he again defeated Gaurav Swaroop in the assembly elections of 2017 by a margin of 10,704 votes and was sworn in as the Minister of Skill Development and Vocational Education in the first cabinet expansion of Yogi Adityanath led UP Government. In 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections he defeated Saurabh Swaroop of SP-RLD alliance by a margin of 18,694 votes. He was reappointed the Minister of Skill Development and Vocational Education in Yogi Aadityanath Second Ministry.

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Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Living people Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2012–2017 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 1966 births Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub