Pankaj Upadhyay (born 1981) is an Indian politician from

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

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. He is an MLA of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

from Joura Assembly constituency. He won the

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Madhya Pradesh on 2023 elections in India, 17 November 2023 to elect all List of constituencies of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 230 members of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The resu ...

. He received a total of 89,253 votes and won with the margin of 30,281 votes.

Legal affairs

In 2020, an FIR was registered against Pankaj Upadhyay in Murena for violation of the code of conduct and COVID rules. This FIR was filed against gathering crowds at the election rally of former Chief Minister Kamal Nath held on October 22 and not making arrangements to protect that crowd from Corona virus.

References

Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2023–2028 1981 births {{Madhya Pradesh-stub