Raghuraj Singh Shakya is an Indian politician and a member of 16th Legislative Assembly 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 ...

of India. He represents the Etawah constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the

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, ...

. On 7 February 2022, Raghuraj Singh Shakya joined Bhartiya Janata Party.

Political career

Shakya has been a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of

. Since 2012, he has represented the Etawah (Assembly constituency) 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 ...

. In 2012 elections he defeated

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 ...

candidate Mahendra Singh Rajpoot by a margin of 6,264 votes.

Posts held

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1968 births Living people People from Etawah India MPs 2004–2009 Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh India MPs 1999–2004 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-politician-stub