Manoj Kumar Paras is an Indian politician and a member of the

16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh The Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (a.k.a. Sixteenth Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh) was constituted on 15 March 2012 as a result of 2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election held between 8 Feb to 3 March 2012. The Sixtee ...

of India. He represents the

Nagina Nagina is a town and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Name According to Paul Whalley, the name ''Nagīnā'' may ultimately come from Sanskrit ''nāga''-ina', meaning "snake lord", via a regularly-de ...

constituency of

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 ...

and is a member of the

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...

political party.

Personal life

Paras was born on 14 June 1967 to Amar Singh 'Ravi' in Binzhahed,

Bijnor district Bijnor district () is one of the 75 districts in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. Bijnor city is the district headquarters. The government of Nagar Palika Parishad Bijnor Uttar Pradesh seeks its inclusion in National Capital Region (NCR) ...

. After completing

intermediate education A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

, Paras enrolled in the

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degree in

Garhwal University Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University (HNBGU) is a Central University, established in 1973, located in Srinagar in the Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand in Northern India. The university is named after Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, former ...

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, but dropped out completing the first year. Paras married Neelam Singh Paras on 17 April 1994, with whom he has a son. He is an

agriculturist An agriculturist, agriculturalist, agrologist, or agronomist (abbreviated as agr.) is a professional in the Agricultural science, science, practice, and management of Farming, agriculture and agribusiness. It is a regulated profession in Canada, ...

by profession.

Political career

Manoj Kumar Paras has been a MLA for two terms. He represents the

constituency and is a member of the

political party. Paras was also a minister in the

Government of Uttar Pradesh The Government of Uttar Pradesh (International Organization for Standardization, ISO: ''Uttara Pradēśa Sarakāra''; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appoin ...

. On 9 March 2014, Paras was sacked (as minister) by

Akhilesh Yadav Akhilesh Yadav (; born 1 July 1973) is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Having assumed the chief minister's office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38, he ...

on grounds of "anti-party activities". In 2017 elections he defeated

Bhartiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Since 2014, ...

candidate Omwati Devi by a margin of 7,967 votes.

Posts held

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