Sangeeta Balwant is an Indian politician from the Bhartiya Janata Party. Currently Serving as Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha From Uttar Pradesh. Balwant contested the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election held in 2017 and was elected from the Ghazipur Sadar assembly constituency.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] She is known as grass-rooted political leader.
Sangeeta Balwant | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Sakal Deep Rajbhar |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| Minister of state for Co-operatives Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 26 September 2021 – 25 March 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Minister | Mukut Bihari |
| Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2017–2022 | |
| Preceded by | Vijay Kumar Mishra |
| Succeeded by | Jaikishan |
| Constituency | Ghazipur Sadar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1978 Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse |
Dr Awdhesh Kumar (m. 2002) |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Parent |
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| Residence(s) | Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh |
| Education | B.Ed, LLB, PhD |
| Profession | Politician |
| Source: [1] | |
Early life edit
Sangeeta was born in Ghazipur City. She got her education in the city and started taking part in political activities of Bahujan Samaj Party. However, with the influence of BJP leader Manoj Sinha, she joined Bhartiya Janata Party.
Posts held edit
| # | From | To | Position | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 2017 | 2022 | Member, 17th Legislative Assembly |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Winner and Runnerup Candidate in Ghazipur assembly constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "My Neta".
- ^ "bjp mla sangeeta balwant takes action, Dainik Bhaskar".
- ^ "Ghazipur Assembly Election Results 2017".
- ^ "Akhir Kisne Roki Sangeeta Ki raah, Amrit Brabhat".
- ^ "BJP ANNOUNCE THIRD LIST OF 67 CANDIDATES FOR ASSEMBLY POLL, THE PIONEER".
- ^ "UP polls 2017: Here's a look at political heavyweights in phase 7, ABP News".
- ^ "Full list of Cabinet ministers in CM Yogi Adityanath government, Financial Express".
- ^ "BJP's OBC Appeal Clear on Posters, Times of India". Archived from the original on 9 October 2017.
