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'''Rajmani Pandey''' राजमणि पाण्डेय (born 12 November 1943) is an Indian politician who was a member of 10th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He was elected as MLA from 168, [[Basti_Sadar_(Assembly_constituency)|Basti Sadar constituency]] of District Basti Uttar Pradesh as a candidate of Janta Dal in 1989.[http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_en.aspx#/showAssembly/10 [1<nowiki>]</nowiki>]

== Personal life and education ==
He was born in 1943, into a Brahmin family of Rampur Rewati Village of Basti District, India. His father was Divakar Pandey.

Rajmani Pandey married at the age of 17, in 1960. He has a son, Dr. Ajay Pandey, and a daughter, Saraswati Pandey.

He completed his schooling at Basti and moved to Gorakhpur University for higher education. He received his B.Ed, MA (Sociology and Political Science), and LLB at Gorakhpur University. [http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/pdfs/10th_vs_sadashya_parichay.pdf [4<nowiki>]</nowiki>].

== Political career ==
His political career began at Gorakhpur University where he participated in Chatra Andolan, Majdor Andolan, Kisan Andolan. He was president of Gorakhpur University Student Union in 1972-1973.

He was imprisoned in Basti, Gorakhpur, Gonda, Lucknow, Tihar prisons for a total of 6 years. During the emergency, he was in prison for more than 19 months in Misa.

He became president and All-India general secretary of Samajwadi Yuva Jan Sabha U.P. and also president of Mandi Samiti, Basti.[http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/pdfs/10th_vs_sadashya_parichay.pdf [4<nowiki>]</nowiki>]

He ran in UP Assembly election in 1980 as a candidate of JNP (SR)from Basti constituency and was 3rd in the vote, with 13983 votes.[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3254-uttar-pradesh-1980/ [2<nowiki>]</nowiki>]He again participated in the 1985 UP assembly election as a candidate of the LKD from Basti constituency and stood second with 26191 votes.[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3255-uttar-pradesh-1985/ [3<nowiki>]</nowiki>]He was elected as MLA of Basti Sadar in 10th Assembly Election of UP in 1989 as candidate of Janta Dal. He defeated Ex-Chief Minister of UP and candidate of Indian National Congress [[Jagdambika_Pal|Jagadambika Pal]] by 22,783 votes getting 52,530 votes.[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3256-uttar-pradesh-1989/ [5<nowiki>]</nowiki>]He was MLA of Basti Sadar from December 1989 through April 1991. [[Basti Sadar (Assembly constituency)|[7<nowiki>]</nowiki>]] He joined Samajwadi Party and ran as candidate of Samajwadi party from Basti Sadar in 14th Assembly election in 2007 but lost to the candidate of BSP Jitendra Chaudhary.[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3261-uttar-pradesh-2007/ [8<nowiki>]</nowiki>]

== References ==

<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_en.aspx#/showAssembly/10|title=Members of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|website=uplegisassembly.gov.in}}</ref>
<ref>Page 493 https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3254-uttar-pradesh-1980/</ref>
<ref>Page 504 https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3255-uttar-pradesh-1985/</ref>
<ref>Page 320 http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/pdfs/10th_vs_sadashya_parichay.pdf</ref>
<ref>Page 511 https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3256-uttar-pradesh-1989/</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myneta.info/up2007/candidate.php?candidate_id=1373|title=RAJMANI PANDEY(Samajwadi Party(SP)):Constituency- BASTI(BASTI ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|website=myneta.info}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basti_Sadar_(Assembly_constituency)|title = Basti Sadar (Assembly constituency) - Wikipedia}}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=July 2021}}
<ref>Page 598 https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3261-uttar-pradesh-2007/</ref>
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