Rajesh Agrahari
Rajesh Kumar Agrahari is an Indian entrepreneur, industrialist and politician currently affiliated since 2014 with the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a former Samajwadi Party leader from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, who was expelled from the party by UP CM Akhilesh Yadav for his anti-party activities.[1][2][3]
Business career
Rajesh Agrahari is Director of Rajesh Masala Private Limited from 13 February 2004 to present, registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India (MCA).[4][5] He became Director of the company, Rajesh Milk Private Limited on 26 April 2012.[6]
Politics
Rajesh was affiliated with the Samajwadi Party[7] until his expulsion in July 2014.[8] He is president of the "Amethi Udyog Vypaar Mandal", a traders’ organisation.[9] His wife Chandrama Devi Agrahari has been twice elected to Amethi Nagar Palika. [10] He unsuccessfully contested the 2007 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections from the Amethi constituency of Sultanpur district,[11] gaining 20804 votes for the SP.[12][13]
Rajesh joined the BJP on 28 December 2014 in the presence of Union Minister of State Ram Shankar Katheria and UP-BJP President Laxmikant Bajpai.[14][15]
Controversy and expulsion from party
Agrahari had garlanded BJP leader and present Union Minister of Transport Nitin Gadkari when he was in Amethi district during the Lok Sabha polls.[16] On 6 July 2014, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav expelled Samajwadi Party leader and industrialist Rajesh Agrahari for his anti-party activities from the party for six years.[17]
Responding to the expulsion, Rajesh Masala head said, "SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav is like my father and he had asked me to join politics."[18][19][20][21]
References
- ↑ "राजेश अग्रहरि सपा से निष्काषित". Jagran. 5 July 2014.
- ↑ "गडकरी को माला पहनाई तो पार्टी से निकाले गए समाजवादी नेता". Newstrack live. 7 July 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "SP leader to join BJP in Rahul Amethi constituency". 27 December 2014.
- ↑ "Rajesh Kumar Agrahari, Director". Zauba. 6 Nov 2006.
- ↑ "Rajesh Masala Private Limited". Zauba.
- ↑ "Rajesh Milk Private Limited". Zauba.
- ↑ "कांग्रेसी सांसद के कार्यक्रम में राहुल को खरी-खरी". ABP News. Retrieved 13 Nov 2013.
- ↑ "गडकरी को माला पहनाने पर समाजवादी पार्टी नेता राजेश मसाला पार्टी से निष्कासित". Amethi: ABP News. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ↑ "Modi Stirs The Gandhis' Nest In Amethi". Tehlka. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
- ↑ "Independents leading in Uttar Pradesh local bodies elections". The Hindu. 7 November 2006.
- ↑ "Affidavit Details of Rajesh Kumar". Empowering India. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2007 Result". Empowering India.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "BJP may field Cong's Sanjay against Rahul". The Sunday Guardian. 16 November 2013.
- ↑ "Laxmikant Bajpai claimed 70 SP members were in touch with BJP". Daily Pioneer. 29 December 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ↑ "राजेश लगायेंगे अब भाजपा में राजनीति का तड़का". Janhit news. 29 December 2014. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ↑ "SP leader expelled from party for 6 years after he garlands Nitin Gadkari". IBN Live. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014. Unknown parameter
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|url=value (help). Press Trust of India. Retrieved 6 July 2014.[permanent dead link] - ↑ "SP leader expelled from party for garlanding Gadkari". Amethi: Indian TV News. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ "अखिलेश यादव ने राजेश मसाला को भी अनुशासन हीनता के आरोप में बाहर निकाला". Jamos News. 5 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ↑ "गडकरी की माला राजेश मसाला की दुश्मन बनी". 7 July 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "एसपी से छह साल के लिए निकाला". Navbharat Times. 5 July 2014.
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