Om Prakash Rajbhar (born 15 September 1962) is an Indian politician and president of the

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(SBSP). He is a member of 18th Legislative Assembly from

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constituency of

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Early life

Rajbhar was born to Sannu Rajbhar and hails from katauna village in pindra block of

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. He graduated from Baldev Degree College, Badagaon, Varanasi in 1983. He is an agriculturalist by profession.

Political career

Rajbhar is a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of

. Since 2017, he has represented the

and is a member of the SBSP. On 19 March 2017, Rajbhar became a cabinet minister in the Yogi Adityanath ministry as the minister of the Department of Backward Classes Welfare and the Department of Disabled People development. On 20 May 2019, Rajbhar was sacked from Cabinet of

Yogi Adityanath Yogi Adityanath (born on 5 June 1972 as Ajay Singh Bisht),

due to anti-alliance activities. In October 2021, Rajbhar announced that his party will form an alliance with

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for the

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. In

working in alliance with SP, SBSP contested in 17 seats in UP and won 6 seats with party leader Om Prakash Rajbhar in Uttar Pradesh.

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In a 2022 interview with ''

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'', Rajbhar said he is not a Hindu, and will not join

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. He questioned whether the construction of the

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would get the poor and backward children educated. He also asked

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to focus more on schools and education rather than

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rajbhar, Om Prakash Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party politicians Living people State cabinet ministers of Uttar Pradesh Yogi ministry 1962 births

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