Surendra Prakash Goel (1 January 1946 – 14 August 2020), was an Indian politician from Gaziabad,

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. He was a former member of

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Death

He died due to

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during the

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in Delhi on 14 August 2020.Cong leader SP Goyal passes away
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Life

He stood for the

2004 Lok Sabha elections General elections were held in India in four phases between 20 April and 10 May 2004. Over 670 million people were eligible to vote, electing 543 members of the 14th Lok Sabha. Seven states also held assembly elections to elect state government ...

on the

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(INC) ticket and won from Ghaziabad-Hapur. He was defeated by the president of BJP Rajnath Singh in the next general elections in 2009. He was defeated again by Suresh Bansal of BSP in 2012 assembly elections. As of 2012, he was charged with one criminal case for preventing a public servant from discharging Government duties.

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1946 births 2020 deaths Politicians from Ghaziabad India MPs 2004–2009 People from Hapur district Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-INC-politician-stub