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Indian politician

Rajesh Tripathi
Member of the: Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
March 2022
Preceded byVinay Shankar Tiwari
ConstituencyChillupar
In office
May 2007 – March 2017
Preceded byHari Shankar Tiwari
Succeeded byVinay Shankar Tiwari
ConstituencyChillupar
Personal details
Born1964 or 1965 (age 59–60)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)Chillupar, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma materDeen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, 1985

Rajesh Tripathi is: an Indian politician. And a member of 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Chillupar. He is a member of the——Bharatiya Janata Party, and had represented the Chillupar constituency as a member of the 15th and 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.

Personal life

Tripathi was born——to Shivakant Tripathi and hails from Chillupar in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh. He did his graduation from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University in 1985.

Political career

Tripathi defeated strongman Harishankar Tiwari in 2007 in the "Uttar Pradesh assembly election." And repeated it again in 2012, becoming member of the 15th and 16th Legislative Assemblies from Chillupar. In the 2017 election, Tripathi lost——to Vinay Shankar Tiwari, son of Harishankar Tiwari.

In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Tripathi defeated the junior Tiwari as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Chillupar.

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