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Rakesh Sachan
Rakesh Sachan | |
|---|---|
| Member of parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Succeeded by | Sadhvi Niranjan jyoti |
| Constituency | Fatehpur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 December 1964 Kanpur Uttar Pradesh |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress (since 2019), Samajwadi Party (before 2019) |
| Spouse(s) | Seema Sachan |
| Alma mater | Kanpur University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Politician |
Rakesh Sachan(born 20 December 1964) is an Indian politician who has served two terms in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1993–96 and 2002–2007) and in 2009 was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) from the Fathepur Lok Sabha constituency, on the Samajwadi Party ticket.[1] He stood for re-election from the same constituency in 2014, again as a member of the Samajwadi Party, but lost.
Sachan switched political parties, and joined the Indian National Congress on 2 March 2019.[2] In the 2019 Indian general election he is a candidate from the Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency as a member of INC.[3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Detailed Profile: Shri Rakesh Sachan". india.gov.in. Government of India. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Former BJP leader Savitri Bai Phule joins Congress in presence of Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi". NewsX. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ↑ "Who is contesting from where? Here is complete list of Congress candidates for Lok Sabha Elections 2019- News Nation". News Nation. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.