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Sanjay Nishad
Dr. Sanjay Nishad | |
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| Member of the Legislative Council | |
| In office 1 Oct 2021 – 1 Jul 2027 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 June 1965 Jungle Babban, Gorakhpur, India |
| Political party | NISHAD Party (2013-PRESENT) |
| Children | 4 including Praveen Kumar Nishad |
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| Profession | Politician |
Dr. Sanjay Nishad is the Member of the Legislative Council in Uttar Pradesh and the president of the Nirbal Indian Soshit Hamara Apna Dal (known as the NISHAD Party). He also authored two books Nishadon ka itihas (The History of Nishads) and Bharat ka Asli Maalik Kaun hai (Who is the Real Owner of India?).
Early life[edit]
Nishad was born on 7 June 1965 in Jungle Babban village of Campierganj, Gorakhpur to Subedar Major Vijay Kumar. In 1988, after taking a degree in Homeopathy, he started practicing and became the founding general secretary of Electro Homeopathy Gana Parishad.
Career[edit]
Before establishing the Nishad Party in 2013, Sanjay used to run an electrohomeopathy clinic in Rapti Nagar in Gorakhpur. He approached the Supreme Court to get electrohomeopathy recognized as a medical system. In 2002, he formed the Purvanchal Medical Electro-Homeopathy Association and became its president. He is politically active for the last two decades and was initially associated with BAMCEF (Backward and Minority Communities’ Employees Federation). He also contested assembly polls from Gorakhpur rural seat but lost by 34,869 votes in 2017.
In 2008, he formed two organisations namely All India Backward and Minority Welfare Mission and Shakti Mukti Mahasangram. Prior to launching the Nishad Party, he formed National Nishad Integration Council. He also launched a campaign to bring 553 castes of fishermen community on one platform.[1]
Controversies[edit]
He first came into news when he blocked the railway tracks at Kasrawal village, in Gorakhpur’s neighbouring Sahjanwa region, demanding Scheduled caste status for Nishads on June 7, 2015. Hundreds of Nishad community members joined him, mostly youth from Western Uttar Pradesh and Purvanchal region. A violent clash between the protesters and the police left one protester dead.[2] The Samajwadi Party government, which was in power at that time, took stern action and registered cases against three dozen people, including Sanjay Nishad. Sanjay went underground but the rest of the accused were arrested. Later, he surrendered and was let out on bail by the high court after spending one month in Gorakhpur jail.[3]
At a press conference in 2017, Sanjay Nishad called HYV an 'organised gang' that carries out riots and persecutes Muslims, Dalits, backwards and Nishads.[4]
Books[edit]
- Nishadon ka itihas (The History of Nishads)
- Bharat ka Asli Maalik Kaun hai (Who is the Real Owner of India?)
References[edit]
- ↑ जानें बहुजन समाज पार्टी के पूर्व सदस्य और निषाद पार्टी के संस्थापक संजय निषाद कौन हैं (in hindi).
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Pioneer, The. Nishad community members take cue from Gujjar agitation.
- ↑ Jan 16, TNN /; 2016; Ist, 12:40. Sanjay Nishad released on bail.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Meet Sanjay Nishad, the Man Who Upset Adityanath's Apple Cart in Gorakhpur.