Surya Pratap Shahi

Surya Pratap Shahi
Cabinet Minister
Assumed office
19 March 2017
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
Personal details
Born (1952-12-11) 11 December 1952
Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Rani Shahi
Parents Rajendra Kishor Shahi (father) Ram Pyari Devi (mother)
Residence Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma mater Banaras Hindu University
Occupation Farmer, Politician, Lawyer
As of 27 March, 2017

Surya Pratap Shahi (born 11 December 1952) is a cabinet minister in Uttar Pradesh Government with the portfolio of Agriculture, Agriculture Education and Agriculture Research.[1] He has worked as the president of Uttar Pradesh state unit in the past. He is one of distinguished BJP leaders who won election in 1985 despite Indira sympathy wave after assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984.[2]

Early life

Surya Pratap Shahi was born on 11 December 1952 in 'Pakaha' Village of Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh, India. He got his early education from Deoria. He completed his graduation from B.R.D.Post Graduate College. Shahi got his LLB degree from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in 1974.[3] His father Rajendra Kishor Shahi was District Sanchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), who introduced him to the RSS at a very early age. Shahi was politically active since the student days. He contested and won election of student union in BHU. His Uncle Ravindra Kishor Shahi was State President of Bhartiya Jana Sangh and a minister in Uttar Pradesh government from 1977 to 1979.[4] Shahi was married in 1973 to Srimati Rani Shahi. He has three children a son and two daughters.

Political career

Shahi contested the assembly election of Uttar Pradesh first time in the year 1980. However he got elected first time as MLA from 'Kasia' assembly seat in 1985. Second time he won the election in 1991 and became the Minister of State for Home in Uttar Pradesh government. After completing one year in the government he was elevated to the position of Cabinet Minister with the portfolio of Health and Family Welfare. In the year 1996 he again got elected as MLA. Surya Pratap Shahi held the office of Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh government between 1997 and 2002 with the portfolio of Excise and Liquor Prohibition.[5]

Posts held

  • State Minister for Home, Uttar Pradesh Government, 1991-1992
  • Cabinet Minister for Health and Family Welfare,Uttar Pradesh Government,1992
  • Cabinet Minister for Excise, Uttar Pradesh Government, 1997-2002
  • Cabinet Minister for Agriculture, Agriculture Education and Agriculture Research, Uttar Pradesh Government, 2017–present

References

  1. ↑ "Among the 22 cabinet ministers, Surya Pratap Shahi, DNA".
  2. ↑ "सूर्य प्रताप शाही योगी मंत्रिमंडल में कैबिनेट मंत्री बने, Patrika".
  3. ↑ "सूर्य प्रताप साही, NDTV".
  4. ↑ "जानिए कौन हैं सूर्य प्रताप साही, Patrika".
  5. ↑ New BJP President of Uttar Pradesh: Surya Pratap Shahi-Aaj Ki Khabar


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