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{{short description|Indian politician (born 1960)}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rajesh Verma
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|11|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sitapur]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency = [[Sitapur (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Sitapur]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 16 May 2014
| predecessor = [[Kaisar Jahan]]
| successor = [[Rakesh Rathore]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| parents = Shri Krishna Pal Singh Verma (Father) <br /> Smt Sudha Devi Verma (Mother)
| spouse = Ranjana Verma
(m. 1981)
| children = 1 sons and 2 daughters
| website =
| footnotes =
| source = http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=510
| term_end = 4 June 2024
}}

'''Rajesh Verma''' (born 6 November 1960) is an Indian politician, a member of the<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rajesh Verma(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- SITAPUR(UTTAR PRADESH) – Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://myneta.info/loksabha2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=11503 |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and former [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha 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 [[17th Lok Sabha]] in 2019 from [[Sitapur (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Sitapur constituency]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]] state.<ref>[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=510 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]</ref> In 2019 he won his fourth 4th election in Sitapur as a BJP candidate by 101,000 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bjp.org|title=BJP Loksabha candidates for 2019|access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rajesh Verma {{!}} PRSIndia |url=https://prsindia.org/mptrack/17-lok-sabha/rajesh-verma |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=PRS Legislative Research |language=en-US}}</ref> He lost his Lok Sabha MP seat in the [[2024 Indian general election|2024 Indian General Election]] from Sitapur.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Highlights: Rakesh Rathor secures seat |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha/story/sitapur-uttar-pradesh-lok-sabha-election-results-2024-live-updates-clse-2548009-2024-06-04 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Rajesh Verma<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rajesh Verma{{!}} National Portal of India |url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/rajesh-verma |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=india.gov.in}}</ref> was born on 6 November 1960 (Village-Tikauna,Post-Bhadfar,Tahseel- Laharpur,Tambaur ,District-Sitapur

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]].
<ref>[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=510 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]</ref>

== Political career ==

Verma started his political career in 1996 when he fought [[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] as a [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] 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 [[1999 Indian general election]] as a [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] candidate from [[Sitapur (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Sitapur]] constituency, defeating Janardan Prasad Mishra of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He again won 2004 [[2004 Indian general election]] from [[Sitapur (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Sitapur]] constituency.
In [[2009 Indian general election]] he changed his constituency to [[Dhaurahra (Lok Sabha constituency)]] but lost to [[Indian National Congress]] [[Jitin Prasada]] by the margin of 1,84,509 votes.
After serving [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] for almost 22 years, Verma joined [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] in December 2013.
He was given ticket by [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] to fought from [[Sitapur (Lok Sabha Constituency)]] constituency in 2014 [[2014 Indian General Election]], where he won the seat by defeating his nearest rival [[Kaisar Jahan]] of [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] by 51,027 votes.
In 2015 [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] leadership appointed him [[state president]] of BJP OBC Morcha [[Uttar Pradesh]].

== 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.
* 1 Sep 2014 - 25 May 2019: Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas
* Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal
* 3 July 2015: Member, Sub Committee-II, Committee on Estimates
* May 2019: Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (4th term)
* 31 July 2019: Member, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes
* 13 Sept. 2019: Member, Standing Committee on Finance
* Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
* 19 April 2021: Chairman, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes

==References==
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{{16th LS members from Uttar Pradesh|state=expanded}}

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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:India MPs 1999–2004]]
[[Category:India MPs 2004–2009]]
[[Category:India MPs 2014–2019]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Sitapur district]]
[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:India MPs 2019–2024]]

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