Rakesh Sachan (born 20 December 1964) is an Indian politician who is currently a

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in the Ministry of MSME, Khadi, Village Industries, Sericulture, Textile,

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& Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 2022 (MLA) from Bhognipur constituency. He has also served two terms in the

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(1993–96 and 2002–2007) and was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) in

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from the Fatepur Lok Sabha constituency, on the

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ticket. He stood for re-election from the same constituency in 2014, again as a member of the Samajwadi Party, but lost. Sachan switched political parties and joined the

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on 2 March 2019. In the

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, he was a candidate from the Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency as a member of INC. In January 2022, he joined the

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(BJP), and became the Cabinet Minister in the Second Yogi Adityanath ministry. He contested from

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constituency of Bhognipur in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

Early life and education

Sachan was born on 20 December 1964 in

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to his father Udai Narayan Singh. He married Seema Sachan, and they have two sons and one daughter. He did his early schooling in

and attended Kanpur University where he attained a

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sachan, Rakesh Living people Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh India MPs 2009–2014 1964 births People from Fatehpur district Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh Janata Dal politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh