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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Deputy CM of Uttar Pradesh (born 1969)}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| image = Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped).jpg<br />
| caption = Maurya in 2017<br />
| name = Keshav Prasad Maurya<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1969|5|7}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sirathu]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| residence = [[Prayagraj]], Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| office = [[List of deputy chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| 1blankname = Chief Minister <br />
| 1namedata = [[Yogi Adityanath]]<br />
| alongside = [[Dinesh Sharma (politician)|Dinesh Sharma]]<br />
| term_start = 19 March 2017<br />
| term_end = <br />
| predecessor = [[Narain Singh (politician)|Narain Singh]]<br />
| successor =<br />
| office1 = [[Uttar Pradesh Council of Ministers|Cabinet Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] <br />
| minister1 = Public works, food processing, entertainment tax, public enterprises<br />
| term_start1 = 23 March 2017<br />
| term_end1 = <br />
| office2 = Member of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]]<br />
| term_start2 = 9 September 2017<br />
| term_end2 = <br />
| constituency2 = [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| office3 = President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] unit<br />
| term_start3 = 8 April 2016<br />
| term_end3 = 31 August 2017<br />
| predecessor3 = <br />
| successor3 = [[Mahendra Nath Pandey]]<br />
| office4 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency4 = [[Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Phulpur]]<br />
| term_start4 = 26 May 2014<br />
| term_end4 = 21 September 2017<br />
| predecessor4 = [[Kapil Muni Karwariya]]<br />
| successor4 = [[Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel]]<br />
| office5 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|Member of]] [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start5 = 2012<br />
| term_end5 = 2014<br />
| constituency5 = [[Sirathu (Assembly constituency)|Sirathu]]<br />
| predecessor5 = Wachaspati<br />
| successor5 = Wachaspati<br />
| occupation = Businessman, politician<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| Education = ([[B.A]])<br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = 17 December,<br />
| year = 2016<br />
| source = http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4594<br />
| website = {{URL|https://keshavprasadmaurya.com}}<br />
}}<br />
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[[File:The_Deputy_Chief_Ministers_of_Uttar_Pradesh,_Shri_Keshav_Prasad_Maurya_and_Shri_Dinesh_Sharma_calling_on_the_Vice_President,_Shri_M._Venkaiah_Naidu,_in_New_Delhi_on_August_22,_2017.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sharma, in the right, with Keshav Prasad Maurya and [[Venkaiah Naidu]] in 2017]]<br />
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'''Keshav Prasad Maurya''' (born 7 May 1969) is the [[Deputy Chief Minister]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and contested the [[2014 Indian general elections]] from the [[Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Phulpur]] parliamentary constituency of [[Allahabad district]] and won it.<br />
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==Life==<br />
On 8 April 2016, on the first day of [[Chaitra]], he was appointed as the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] chief of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="OMAR RASHID">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/keshav-prasad-maurya-profile/article8452117.ece|title=Keshav Prasad Maurya: 'Gareebi, Sangh aur OBC'|first=Omar|last=Rashid|date=8 April 2016|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=2016-04-09}}</ref> A member of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]], he also participated in the [[Ram Janmabhoomi]] movement.<ref name="OMAR RASHID"/> Born in 1969, in [[Sirathu]] in [[Kausambhi district]], adjoining [[Allahabad]], Maurya went on to study Hindi Literature at the ''Hindu Sahitya Sammelan'' in [[Allahabad]].<ref name="Oneindia">{{cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/politicians/keshav-prasad-maurya-36473.html|title=Biography :Keshav Prasad Maurya |website=OneIndia.com|access-date=2020-07-10}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
Maurya has been associated with the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]] and the [[Vishva Hindu Parishad|VHP]]-[[Bajrang Dal]] from an early age, holding the posts of Nagar Karyawah and VHP Pranth Sanghathan Mantri, among others. While being active in the ''gauraksha'' (cow-protection) movements. He also participated in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. In the BJP, Maurya has been the regional (Kashi) coordinator of the backward class cell and the BJP Kisan Morcha.<ref name="OMAR RASHID"/> He has contested the 2002, 2007 and 2012 assembly elections and was the sitting MLA from [[Sirathu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sirathu]] assembly constituency before getting elected as MP from the [[Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Phulpur]] seat in 2014 with a thumping five lakh votes and over 52 per cent votes.<ref name="Oneindia"/> In April 2016, he was made the state president of BJP in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-04-09|title=From tea seller to state party chief, Keshav Maurya is BJP’s face in UP|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/from-tea-seller-to-state-party-chief-keshav-maurya-is-bjp-s-face-in-up/story-UzwYPUnQxMSFvLSkoB18yM.html|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=2021-11-13}}</ref> Under his leadership, the BJP registered a historic victory in the [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]. After the election results were out, he was considered a strong contender for the post of Chief Minister.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-03-11|title=Uttar Pradesh election results: Who will be the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister?|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/uttar-pradesh-election-results-who-will-be-the-uttar-pradesh-chief-minister/articleshow/57591286.cms|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2021-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-03-12|title=UP election results 2017: The Chief Minister hopefuls|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/uttar-pradesh-election-results-2017-the-chief-minister-hopefuls-4566005/|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2021-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-03-18|title=How they won|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20170327-up-assembly-election-2017-bjp-uttar-pradesh-uttarakhand-modi-amit-shah-986004-2017-03-18|work=India Today|access-date=2021-11-14}}</ref> On 18 March 2017, he was appointed as the deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/elections/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/news/keshav-prasad-maurya-the-deputy-cm-rewarded-for-bjp-win-in-up/amp_articleshow/57710427.cms<br />
|title=Keshav Prasad Maurya, the deputy CM rewarded for BJP win in UP|website=The Times of India|access-date=2017-03-18}}</ref><br />
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He became the first MLA of BJP from Sirathu Tahseel in the year 2012. It was the first time when any MLA of BJP was elected from Sirathu Tahseel. And after two and half-year he became the MP from Phoolpur from BJP. He got the ministries of public works department (PWD), food processing, entertainment tax and public enterprises department.<ref>{{citation |title=CM Yogi Adityanath keeps home, revenue: UP portfolio allocation highlights |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/live-updates-on-uttar-pradesh-govt-portfolios-keshav-prasad-maurya-gets-pwd/story-JafGBgr7Oe7VXxcBsnAOdM.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=22 March 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath allocates portfolios, keeps home |url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/ml8rjBW8B7eioW9MkGh0QP/UP-cabinet-live-Yogi-Adityanath-unveils-portfolios-keeps-h.html |work=[[Live Mint]] |date=23 March 2017 }}</ref><br />
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