Pawan Pandey

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Pawan Kumar Pandey is an Indian ex-Shiv Sena politician. Pandey is an ex member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Akbarpur constituency in Ambedkar Nagar district.[1][2][3]

He was among those accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case arising from the destruction of a mosque in December 1992. He is alleged to have been involved in the planning of the demolition of the Babri Masjid under the leadership of Uma Bharti, Lal Krishna Advani, Ashok Singhal and other members of the Vishva Hindu Parishad.[4] He was elected as an MLA from the Akbarpur (Assembly constituency) during the 1991 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election on the ticket of Shiv Sena..

Personal life[]

His elder brother Rakesh Pandey (politician, born 1952) was Samajwadi Party MLA from Jalalpur and his younger brother contested a seat at Isoli in Sultanpur district as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. His nephew is currently MP from Jalalpur and a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ My Neta
  2. ^ Babri case: SP MP, ex-Sena MLA surrender before court
  3. ^ 3 brothers contesting UP poll under different parties
  4. ^ Cobrapost says Babri masjid demolition planned by RSS, BJP
  5. ^ Power Shift in Gangster Land
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