Prof. ''Dr.''Shivakant Ojha is an Indian
politician affiliated with
Bhartiya Janata Party. He is member of
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Raniganj constituency in
Pratapgarh district, of
Uttar Pradesh. On 18 January 2014, Prof. Ojha was assigned as Minister for Technical Education in
Akhilesh Yadav's cabinet. He was removed as the Minister for Technical Education on 29 October by the Chief Minister of the state,
Akhilesh Yadav. Later he was reinducted in the cabinet again as a Health Minister of the state on 26 September 2016. He was minister in Kalyan singh cabinet.
He was minister for 9 years.
He won election 4 times and 3 times in a row.
Early life and education
He lives in Ramaiyapur village, post Prithviganj in
Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh. He is post graduate in
Master of Arts from
Allahabad University in 1973 and did
Master of Philosophy from
Meerut University in 1986. By profession, he teaches in college.
Political career
He was
MLA from Raniganj constituency of Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh from 2012–2016. He won 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election with 38.96% votes gain. On 18 January 2012, Ojha was assigned as minister in
Akhilesh Yadav’s cabinet.
He was formerly affiliated with
Bhartiya Janata Party and
Bahujan Samaj Party
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level 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), alon ...
. He unsuccessfully contested
2009 Lok Sabha elections on the ticket of
BSP,> defeated by
Rajkumari Ratna Singh.
References
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Living people
People from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
Samajwadi Party politicians
1951 births
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh
Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh