Rakesh Sachan

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Rakesh Sachan
Member of parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2009–2014
Succeeded bySadhvi Niranjan jyoti
ConstituencyFatehpur
Personal details
Born (1964-12-20) 20 December 1964 (age 57)
Kanpur Uttar Pradesh
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress (since 2019), Samajwadi Party (before 2019)
Spouse(s)Seema Sachan
Alma materKanpur University
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionPolitician

Rakesh Sachan(born 20 December 1964) is an Indian politician who has served two terms in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1993–96 and 2002–2007) and in 2009 was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) from the Fathepur Lok Sabha constituency, on the Samajwadi Party ticket.[1] He stood for re-election from the same constituency in 2014, again as a member of the Samajwadi Party, but lost.

Sachan switched political parties, and joined the Indian National Congress on 2 March 2019.[2] In the 2019 Indian general election he is a candidate from the Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency as a member of INC.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Detailed Profile: Shri Rakesh Sachan". india.gov.in. Government of India. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Former BJP leader Savitri Bai Phule joins Congress in presence of Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi". NewsX. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Who is contesting from where? Here is complete list of Congress candidates for Lok Sabha Elections 2019- News Nation". News Nation. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.


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