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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{short description|Indian politician (born 1985)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name                = Dr. Sanghmitra Maurya
| name                = Sanghmitra Maurya
| image              =  
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| office              = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| office              = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start          = 23 May 2019
| term_start          = 23 May 2019
| term_end            = 24 June 2024
| predecessor        = [[Dharmendra Yadav]]
| predecessor        = [[Dharmendra Yadav]]
| successor          = [[Aditya Yadav]]
| constituency        = [[Badaun (Lok Sabha constituency)|Badaun]]
| constituency        = [[Badaun (Lok Sabha constituency)|Badaun]]
| party              =  
| party              = [[Bharatiya Janata party]]
| otherparty          =  
| otherparty          = [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|1|3}}
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|1|3}}
| birth_place        = [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| birth_place        = [[Allahbad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Naval Kishore Shakya|<!--unknown-->|2021|end=div}}
| spouse              = {{marriage|Naval Kishore Shakya|<!--unknown-->|2021|end=div}}
| children            = 1
| children            = 1 son
| father              = [[Swami Prasad Maurya]]
| father              = [[Swami Prasad Maurya]]
| alma_mater          = [[ERA's Lucknow Medical College]]
| alma_mater          = [[ERA's Lucknow Medical College]], [[Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University]] ([[M.B.B.S.]])
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'''Sanghmitra Maurya''' (born 3 January 1985) is an Indian politician and a member of the [[17th Lok Sabha]]. She was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from [[Badaun (Lok Sabha constituency)|Badaun]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] in the [[2019 Indian general election]] as a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], defeating senior [[Samajwadi Party]] leader [[Dharmendra Yadav]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/article/badaun-up-election-2019-badaun-election-results-candidates-voter-population-polling-percentage/411508 | title=Badaun Election Result 2019: BJP's Dr Sanghmitra Maurya likely to win with a lead of almost 30000 votes| publisher=Times Now| date=23 May 2019 | access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> She earlier contested in  [[Mainpuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mainpuri]] in 2014  as a member of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] but lost to [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Dhritrashtra-Syndrome-dominates-phase-III-in-UP/articleshow/33974831.cms | title=Dhritrashtra Syndrome' dominates phase III in UP | work=[[The Times of India]] | first=Ashish |last=Tripathi | date=20 April 2014 | access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/in-up-elections-2017-spotlight-to-fall-on-these-eight-daughters-338157-2016-08-30 | title=In UP elections 2017, spotlight to fall on these eight daughters | publisher=India Today | date=30 August 2016 | access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref>
 
'''Sanghmitra Maurya''' (born 3 January 1985) is an Indian politician senior bjp leader and a member of the [[17th Lok Sabha]]. She was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from [[Badaun (Lok Sabha constituency)|Badaun]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], in the [[2019 Indian general election]] as a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], defeating senior [[Samajwadi Party]] leader [[Dharmendra Yadav]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/article/badaun-up-election-2019-badaun-election-results-candidates-voter-population-polling-percentage/411508| title=Badaun Election Result 2019: BJP's Dr Sanghmitra Maurya likely to win with a lead of almost 30000 votes| publisher=Times Now| date=23 May 2019| access-date=24 May 2019| archive-date=22 August 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822133032/https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/article/badaun-up-election-2019-badaun-election-results-candidates-voter-population-polling-percentage/411508| url-status=live}}</ref> She earlier contested in  [[Mainpuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mainpuri]] in 2014  as a member of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] but lost to [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Dhritrashtra-Syndrome-dominates-phase-III-in-UP/articleshow/33974831.cms | title=Dhritrashtra Syndrome' dominates phase III in UP | work=[[The Times of India]] | first=Ashish | last=Tripathi | date=20 April 2014 | access-date=2 April 2020 | archive-date=24 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624073400/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Dhritrashtra-Syndrome-dominates-phase-III-in-UP/articleshow/33974831.cms | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/in-up-elections-2017-spotlight-to-fall-on-these-eight-daughters-338157-2016-08-30 | title=In UP elections 2017, spotlight to fall on these eight daughters | publisher=India Today | date=30 August 2016 | access-date=2 April 2020 | archive-date=22 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822133034/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/in-up-elections-2017-spotlight-to-fall-on-these-eight-daughters-338157-2016-08-30 | url-status=live }}</ref>
 
The BJP party did not give Sanghmitra Maurya a ticket for the [[2024 Indian general election]] because of her father's feud with the party. Party selected Durvijay Singh Shakya who is current president of Budaun Braj Region.<ref>{{cite web |title=Durvijay Singh Shakya, the regional president of the BJP, is running from Badaun. |url=https://www.brutimes.com/news/politics/durvijay-singh-shakya-the-regional-president-of-the-bjp-is-running-from-badaun |website=Bru Times News |language=en}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Maurya was born on 3 January 1985 in [[Allahabad]] city in [[Uttar Pradesh]] to politicians [[Swami Prasad Maurya]] and Shiva Maurya. She is a practitioner of [[Buddhism]].<ref name="TheWeek">{{cite news |last1=Awasthi |first1=Puja |title=Sanghmitra Maurya: Prescription for change in Badaun |url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2019/06/15/sanghmitra-maurya-prescription-for-change-in-badaun.html |access-date=11 July 2019 |work=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] |date=15 June 2019}}</ref> Her family converted to [[Buddhism]] from [[Hinduism]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/dalit-buddhism-conversion-india-modi/557570/|title=Converting to Buddhism as a Form of Political Protest|last=Varagur|first=Krithika|date=11 April 2018|work=The Atlantic|access-date=12 April 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> She did her [[M.B.B.S]] from [[ERA's Lucknow Medical College]], Lucknow.<ref name=Member>{{cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5135 |website=loksabhaph.nic.in |access-date=14 September 2019}}</ref> Her husband, Naval Kishore Shakya, joined Samajwadi Party in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Another blow for BJP in Uttar Pradesh, State minister Swami Prasad Maurya's son-in-law joins SP |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/yogi-adityanath-chief-minister-bjpswami-prasad-mauryas-son-in-law-naval-kishore-samajwadi-party-5101168/ |access-date=14 September 2019 |work=The Indian Express |date=18 March 2018 |language=en-IN}}</ref> They have a son.<ref name=Member/> Due to irrevocable differences, Maurya filed for divorce on 21 December 2017 in Lucknow and she was granted a divorce on 19 January 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=उत्तर प्रदेश: स्वामी प्रसाद मौर्य की बेटी और बदायूं सांसद संघमित्रा मौर्या ने पति से लिया तलाक |url=https://www.tv9hindi.com/state/uttar-pradesh/badaun-mp-sanghmitra-maurya-divorce-with-doctor-naval-kishore-shakya-564780.html |access-date=3 March 2021 |work=TV9 Hindi |date=2 March 2021 |language=hindi}}</ref>
Maurya was born on 3 January 1985 in [[Allahabad]] city in [[Uttar Pradesh]] to politicians [[Swami Prasad Maurya]] and Shiva Maurya. She is a practitioner of [[Buddhism]].<ref name="TheWeek">{{cite news |last1=Awasthi |first1=Puja |title=Sanghmitra Maurya: Prescription for change in Badaun |url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2019/06/15/sanghmitra-maurya-prescription-for-change-in-badaun.html |access-date=11 July 2019 |work=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] |date=15 June 2019 |archive-date=21 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621043216/https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2019/06/15/sanghmitra-maurya-prescription-for-change-in-badaun.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Her family converted to [[Buddhism]] from [[Hinduism]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/dalit-buddhism-conversion-india-modi/557570/|title=Converting to Buddhism as a Form of Political Protest|last=Varagur|first=Krithika|date=11 April 2018|work=The Atlantic|access-date=12 April 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412123453/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/dalit-buddhism-conversion-india-modi/557570/|url-status=live}}</ref> She did her [[M.B.B.S]] in 2010 from [[ERA's Lucknow Medical College]], Lucknow, then under [[Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University]].<ref name=Member>{{cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5135 |website=loksabhaph.nic.in |access-date=14 September 2019 |archive-date=8 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008061417/http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5135 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="MyNeta">{{cite web |title=Sanghmitra Maurya(Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)):Constituency- MAINPURI(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/ls2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=4415 |website=myneta.info |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307120018/https://myneta.info/ls2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=4415 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her husband, Dr. Naval Kishore Shakya is a Cancer Surgeon and owner of Lakshaya Cancer Hospital Lucknow who joined Samajwadi Party in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Another blow for BJP in Uttar Pradesh, State minister Swami Prasad Maurya's son-in-law joins SP |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/yogi-adityanath-chief-minister-bjpswami-prasad-mauryas-son-in-law-naval-kishore-samajwadi-party-5101168/ |access-date=14 September 2019 |work=The Indian Express |date=18 March 2018 |language=en-IN |archive-date=22 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822133037/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/yogi-adityanath-chief-minister-bjpswami-prasad-mauryas-son-in-law-naval-kishore-samajwadi-party-5101168/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They have a son.<ref name=Member/> Due to irrevocable differences, Maurya filed for divorce on 21 December 2017 in Lucknow and she was granted a divorce on 19 January 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=उत्तर प्रदेश: स्वामी प्रसाद मौर्य की बेटी और बदायूं सांसद संघमित्रा मौर्या ने पति से लिया तलाक |url=https://www.tv9hindi.com/state/uttar-pradesh/badaun-mp-sanghmitra-maurya-divorce-with-doctor-naval-kishore-shakya-564780.html |access-date=3 March 2021 |work=TV9 Hindi |date=2 March 2021 |language=hindi |archive-date=22 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822133033/https://www.tv9hindi.com/state/uttar-pradesh/badaun-mp-sanghmitra-maurya-divorce-with-doctor-naval-kishore-shakya-564780.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5135 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
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* [https://loksabha.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5135&lastls=17 Official biographical sketch in Lok Sabha website]
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Sanghmitra Maurya
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
23 May 2019 – 24 June 2024
Preceded byDharmendra Yadav
Succeeded byAditya Yadav
ConstituencyBadaun
Personal details
Born (1985-01-03) 3 January 1985 (age 41)
Allahbad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata party
Other political
affiliations
Bahujan Samaj Party
Spouse(s)
Naval Kishore Shakya
(
div. 2021)
Children1 son
Parent(s)
Alma materERA's Lucknow Medical College, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University (M.B.B.S.)
ProfessionPolitician

Sanghmitra Maurya (born 3 January 1985) is an Indian politician senior bjp leader and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, defeating senior Samajwadi Party leader Dharmendra Yadav.[1] She earlier contested in Mainpuri in 2014 as a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party but lost to Mulayam Singh Yadav.[2][3]

The BJP party did not give Sanghmitra Maurya a ticket for the 2024 Indian general election because of her father's feud with the party. Party selected Durvijay Singh Shakya who is current president of Budaun Braj Region.[4]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Maurya was born on 3 January 1985 in Allahabad city in Uttar Pradesh to politicians Swami Prasad Maurya and Shiva Maurya. She is a practitioner of Buddhism.[5] Her family converted to Buddhism from Hinduism.[6] She did her M.B.B.S in 2010 from ERA's Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, then under Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University.[7][8] Her husband, Dr. Naval Kishore Shakya is a Cancer Surgeon and owner of Lakshaya Cancer Hospital Lucknow who joined Samajwadi Party in 2018.[9] They have a son.[7] Due to irrevocable differences, Maurya filed for divorce on 21 December 2017 in Lucknow and she was granted a divorce on 19 January 2021.[10]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Badaun Election Result 2019: BJP's Dr Sanghmitra Maurya likely to win with a lead of almost 30000 votes". Times Now. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 22 August 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. Tripathi, Ashish (20 April 2014). "Dhritrashtra Syndrome' dominates phase III in UP". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. "In UP elections 2017, spotlight to fall on these eight daughters". India Today. 30 August 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. "Durvijay Singh Shakya, the regional president of the BJP, is running from Badaun". Bru Times News.
  5. Awasthi, Puja (15 June 2019). "Sanghmitra Maurya: Prescription for change in Badaun". The Week. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  6. Varagur, Krithika (11 April 2018). "Converting to Buddhism as a Form of Political Protest". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  8. "Sanghmitra Maurya(Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)):Constituency- MAINPURI(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  9. "Another blow for BJP in Uttar Pradesh, State minister Swami Prasad Maurya's son-in-law joins SP". The Indian Express. 18 March 2018. Archived from the original on 22 August 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  10. "उत्तर प्रदेश: स्वामी प्रसाद मौर्य की बेटी और बदायूं सांसद संघमित्रा मौर्या ने पति से लिया तलाक". TV9 Hindi (in hindi). 2 March 2021. Archived from the original on 22 August 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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