Rajesh Verma (born 6 November 1960) is an Indian politician, a member of the

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and former Loksabha Member of Parliament. He was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha in 1999, the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004, the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 and the

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in 2019 from Sitapur constituency in

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state. In 2019 he won his fourth 4th election in Sitapur as a BJP candidate by 101,000 votes. He lost his Loksabha MP seats in

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from Sitapur.

Early life and education

Rajesh Verma was born on 6 November 1960 as a child to the family of Shri Krishna Pal Singh Verma and Smt Sudha Devi Verma. In 1978 he completed his intermediate from Board of High School and Intermediate Education Uttar Pradesh. He completed his bachelor's degree from Lucknow University and master's degree in arts from Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University. Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
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Political career

Verma started his political career in 1996 when he fought 1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election as a

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candidate from Behta (now Sevata (Assembly constituency)) constituency but lost by a margin of 13,294 votes. He won his first election when he fought

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as a

candidate from

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constituency, defeating Janardan Prasad Mishra of

. He again won 2004

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from

constituency. In 2009 Indian general election he changed his constituency to Dhaurahra (Lok Sabha constituency) but lost to

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Jitin Prasada by the margin of 1,84,509 votes. After serving

for almost 22 years, Verma joined

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in December 2013. He was given ticket by

to fought from Sitapur (Lok Sabha Constituency) constituency in 2014

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, where he won the seat by defeating his nearest rival Kaisar Jahan of

by 51,027 votes. In 2015

leadership appointed him state president of BJP OBC Morcha

Positions held

* 1999: Elected to 13th Lok Sabha * 1999-2000: Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals * 2000-2004: Member, Consultative Committee, Mines and Minerals * 2004: Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 2nd term) Leader, BSP Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha Chairman, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas Member, Committee on Public Undertakings Member, Committee on Provision of Computers for MPs, Offices of Parties, Officers of Lok Sabha Secretariat Member, Railway Convention Committee Member, General Purposes Committee * 2006: Chairman, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the HouseMember, Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation & Management * 2007: Member, Standing Committee on Defence * 2008: Member, Committee on Public Undertakings * May 2014: Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (3rd term) * 14 August 2014: 30 April 2017 Member, Committee on Estimates * 1 September 2014 onwards: Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal * 3 July 2015: Member, Sub Committee-II, Committee on Estimates. And the member of the IEPFA.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Verma, Rajesh Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh India MPs 1999–2004 India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2014–2019 Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh People from Sitapur district 1960 births Living people India MPs 2019–2024