Nishikant Dubey

Nishikant Dubey (b 1969) is a member of India's 17th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament.[2] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and represents the Godda constituency in Jharkhand since May 2019.[1] Additionally he was a member of the 15th and 16th Lok Sabha, 2009-2014 and 2014-2019 respectively.[1]

Nishikant Dubey
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
May 2009
Preceded byFurqan Ansari
ConstituencyGodda, Jharkhand
Personal details
Born
Nishikant Dubey

1969 [1]
Bhawanipur, Bhagalpur, Bihar[1]
CitizenshipIndia
NationalityIndia
Political partyBJP, (Bharatiya Janata Party).[1]
Spouse(s)Smt. Anamika Gautam[1]
Children2 sons (Maahin and Kanishk)
Parents(Veena Dubey) & (Radheshyam Dubey).[1]
ResidenceNew Delhi & Bhagalpur.[1]
EducationMarwari College, Bhagalpur
OccupationBusinessperson, Agriculturist & Politician.
WebsiteNishikant Dubey

Education and background

Nishikant Dubey has been active in politics since 2009, prior to that he was an employee of Essar in the capacity of Director. He married Anamika Gautam in the year 2000. He holds a BA degree from Marwari College Bhagalpur, MBA from Delhi University in 1993, but university cleared its fake degree[3] and a Doctorate from Pratap University in Jaipur.[1]

Controversies
  • In July 2020, it was noticed that he passed his matriculation examination at the age of 10 which makes his rival political party questing. Also, Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi disowned him in a reply to an RTI stating that no person by the name of Nishikant Dubey had joined or passed MBA course in 1993, the year he claimed in his affidavit.[4]
  • In December 2019, while discussing on the Taxation Law Amendment Bill and a statutory resolution disapproving the ordinance on the same legislation in the lower house of the Parliament of India, Dubey said: "Sustainable economic development is more important than GDP".[5] Even after following a backlash on the social media he was found justifying his statement on his Facebook page.[6]
  • In November 2019, following comments by Rahul Gandhi made against BJP minister Pragya Thakur calling her a 'terrorist', Dubey said: "Calling a woman a terrorist is worse than the murder of Mahatma Gandhi".[7]
  • In September 2018, Dubey allowed a party worker to wash his feet and drink up the water.[8] Dubey initially boasted about this incident on his Facebook page;[9] however, following the backlash on social media and from opposition parties he changed his stand and said that he tried to stop the party worker in doing so but the guy wouldn't listen and threatened to commit suicide.[10]
  • In April 2014, Prior to 2014 Indian general election, Dubey and his wife Anamika Gautam were booked for allegedly demanding Rs 2 crore from a man for election campaign.[13]

Criticism

Posts held
#FromToPosition
0120092014Elected to 15th Lok Sabha
0220092014Member, Committee on Finance
0320142019Elected to 16th Lok Sabha
042019PresentElected to 17th Lok Sabha

See also
  • List of members of the 15th Lok Sabha of India
  • List of members of the 16th Lok Sabha of India
  • List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha of India

References
  1. "LokSabha2019".
  2. "GENERAL ELECTION TO THE 17th LOK SABHA, 2019 - LIST OF MEMBERS ELECTED". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  3. "गोड्डा सांसद निशिकांत दुबे के एमबीए डिग्री की सीआईडी जांच शुरू". www.livehindustan.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. "JMM questions Dubey's poll affidavit, seeks EC probe". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  5. "GDP has no relevance, should not be treated as Bible, Ramayan and Mahabharat: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  6. "GDP का सिद्धांत ग़लत है..." Facebook. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  7. "Calling woman a terrorist is worse than murder of Gandhi: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey" Check |url= value (help). Times of India. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  8. "BJP MP proudly shares photos of OBC youth washing his feet, then drinking the water". National Herald. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  9. "अपनो में श्रेष्ठता बांटी नही जाती और कार्यकर्ता यदि खुशी का इजहार पैर धोकर कर रहा है तो क्या गजब हुआ?". Facebook. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  10. "मिलिए सांसद के पैर धोकर पीने वाले भीषण भक्त से". BBC News. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  11. "Srijan scam: Nitish Kumar on sticky wicket". The Asian Age. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  12. "Nishikant Dubey's lawyer sent notice to Hindustan for bringing his name in Srijan Scam". Newsd. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  13. "BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, wife booked for allegedly demanding Rs 2 crore". Indian Express. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  14. "गोड्डा सांसद निशिकांत दुबे के एमबीए डिग्री की सीआईडी जांच शुरू". www.livehindustan.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
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