Pawan Kumar Pandey is an Indian politician & former Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Akbarpur constituency on

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena (1966–2022) (; ; SS) was a right-wing Marathi regionalist Hindutva-based political party in India founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray, who was later succeeded by Uddhav Thackeray. The party is split into two parties: the Uddha ...

Ticket in

Ambedkar Nagar district Ambedkar Nagar is one of the 75 districts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district is a part of Ayodhya division in the Awadh region of the state. This district was established on 29 September 1995 by carving out parts of the erst ...

Political Career

He was among those accused in the

Babri Masjid demolition The Babri Masjid, a 16th-century mosque in the Indian city of Ayodhya, was destroyed on 6 December 1992 by a large group of activists of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and allied organisations. The mosque had been the subject of a lengthy socio ...

case arising from the destruction of a mosque in December 1992. He is alleged to have been involved in the planning of the demolition of the

Babri Masjid The Babri Masjid (ISO: Bābarī Masjida; meaning ''Mosque of Babur'') was a mosque located in Ayodhya, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It was claimed that the mosque was built upon the site of Ram Janmabhoomi, the legendary birthplace ...

under the leadership of

Uma Bharti Uma Bharti (born 3 May 1959) is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. She became involved with the Bharatiya Janata Party at a young age, unsuccessfully contesting her first parliamentary elections in 1984. In 1989, s ...

Lal Krishna Advani Lal Krishna Advani (born 8 November 1927) is an Indian politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. He is one of the co-founders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak San ...

Ashok Singhal Ashok Singhal (27 September 1926 – 17 November 2015) was the international working president of the Hindu organisation Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) for over 20 years and in charge of the Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi movement. He was replaced in the ...

and other members of the

Vishva Hindu Parishad Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) () is an Indian Right-wing politics, right-wing Hindu organisation based on Hindutva, Hindu nationalism. The VHP was founded in 1964 by M. S. Golwalkar and S. S. Apte in collaboration with Chinmayananda Saraswati, ...

. He was elected as an MLA from the

Akbarpur (Assembly constituency) Akbarpur Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Ambedkar Nagar district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituenc ...

during the

1991 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttar Pradesh in 1991. The Bharatiya Janata Party became the largest party, winning 221 of the 425 seats. Results Elected members Notes References *http://www.elections.in/uttar-prades ...

on the ticket of

. He also contested Lok Sabha elections from Sultanpur Parliamentary Constituency in

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

as an Independent candidate but lost by a margin of 44,033 votes after gaining 1,29,525 votes & in

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

he fought on

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP) is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with Religious ...

ticket but lost by a margin of 1,78,902 after gaining 2,31,446 votes. After 1991 he fought 4 assembly elections and 2 parliament elections but didn't win.

Personal life

His elder brother Rakesh Pandey (politician, born 1952) was

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 ...

MLA from

Jalalpur Jalalpur is a town, tehsil and a municipal board in Ambedkar Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Geography Jalalpur is located at . It has an average elevation of . The city is directly connected to Azamgarh, Akbarpu ...

and his younger brother Krishna Kumar Pandey alias Kakku Pandey contested a seat at Isoli in

Sultanpur district Sultanpur district is a district in the Awadh region of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district is a part of Ayodhya division of the state. The administrative headquarters of the district is Sultanpur city. The total area of Sultanpur ...

as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. His nephew Ritesh Pandey was MP from Ambedkarnagar district and a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party from 2019-2024.Power Shift in Gangster Land
/ref> His son Prateek Pandey contested a seat at Katehri in 2022 Vidhan Sabha elections of Uttar Pradesh as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pandey, Pawan People from Ambedkar Nagar district Shiv Sena politicians Apna Dal politicians Lok Janshakti Party politicians Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1991–1993 Living people Year of birth missing (living people)