Manoj Kumar Pandey is an Indian politician and former cabinet minister of

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from

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. He represents Raebareli district's

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in the

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. Manoj Kumar Pandey was expelled from Samajwadi Party on 23 June 2025 for working against party principles and supporting the BJP in the Rajya Sabha elections.

Early life and education

He was born in

Raebareli Raebareli () is a city in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Raebareli district, and a part of Lucknow Division and comes under the Uttar Pradesh State Capital Region (UP-SCR). The city is situated on the ...

. He completed his graduation from Feroze Gandhi College ( Kanpur University). He was awarded honorary doctorate in Social Sciences from Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences in 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pandey, Manoj Kumar Samajwadi Party politicians 1968 births Living people Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University alumni Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh