Radha Mohan Das Agarwal

Radha Mohan Das Agarwal is an Indian politician and a member of the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Since 2002, he represent Gorakhpur Urban (Assembly constituency) as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2][1]

Radha Mohan Das Agarwal
Member of the Legislative Assembly of
Gorakhpur Urban
Assumed office
February 2002
Preceded byShiv Pratap Shukla
Personal details
Born1955/1956 (age 63–65)[1]
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2007-present)
Other political
affiliations		Hindu Mahasabha (until 2007)
ResidenceDaudpur, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materBanaras Hindu University
OccupationMLA
Profession
  • Politician
  • Doctor

Early life

Agarwal was born to Dau Das and hails from Gorakhpur. He is a physician. Agarwal did his MBBS in 1976 and MD in 1981, both from the Banaras Hindu University.[1][2]

Political career

Agrawal's political journey started during his college days, that he joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and then later joined the student politics. He was elected president of Junior Doctors Association in 1974 and later secretary of "BHU Teachers Association". He was then chosen as General Secretary of "Federation of Central University Teacher's Unions" by profession.

His political activities started in 1998, when on the invitation of Yogi Adityanath, the then uttaradhikari of Gorakshpeeth. He became his election convenor of Gorakhpur Urban (Assembly constituency), when Yogi was contesting as BJP MP candidate from Gorakhpur for first-time. He was elected as an MLA from Gorakhpur Urban (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2002) from on ticket of Hindu Mahasabha. He defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Pramod Kumar Tekriwal by a margin of 18,448 (18.67℅) votes.[3]

Before 2007 elections, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party. In 15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2007) elections, he again contest from Gorakhpur Urban (Assembly constituency) and elected MLA by defeating Bhanu Prakash Mishra (Samajwadi Party) by a margin of 22,392 (24.66℅) votes.[3]

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References
  1. ADR. "Dr Radha Mohan Das Agarwal(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- GORAKHPUR URBAN (GORAKHPUR) – Affidavit Information of Candidate". Myneta.info. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. "Radha Mohan Das Agrawal : (BJP) Bharatiya Janata Party, MLA, Gorakhpur Urban Constituency". Janpratinidhi. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  3. "Gorakhpur Urban Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". www.elections.in. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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