Brajesh Pathak
Brajesh Pathak
Born/Date of Birthday: 25 June 1964
Place of Birth: Mallawan, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party: Bahujan Samaj Party (2004–2016), Bharatiya Janata Party (2016–present)
Spouse(s): Namrata Pathak
Children: 3
Education: University of Lucknow
Siblings: Rajesh Pathak
Official Website: brajeshpathakup.com
Brajesh Pathak (born 25 June 1964) is an Indian politician and Member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, Currently he is serving as the Deputy Chief Minister & Cabinet Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering service in the Uttar Pradesh Government. He is also an ex Member of Parliament of Unnao from 2004 to 2009.
Early life and education
Pathak was born on 25 June 1964 to Suresh Pathak in Mallawan, Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh. He is an Lawyer by profession. He received a degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from University of Lucknow.
Political career
In 2004, Pathak was asked to work for the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and became the Member of Parliament. In the next few years he was entrusted with the responsibility of organising the party's activities for the entirety of Uttar Pradesh.
He joined Bharatiya Janata Party in presence of its national president Amit Shah and Union minister Mahesh Sharma in Lucknow. In 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, he was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Lucknow Central of Lucknow district in Uttar Pradesh. He defeated his nearest rival Samajwadi Party candidate Ravidas Mehrotra by a margin of 5,094 votes. After winning this high-profile seat, he appointed as Cabinet Minister of Law & Justice, Additional energy resources and Political pention in Government of Uttar Pradesh.
On 21 August 2019, after the first cabinet expansion of Yogi Adityanath his ministry department changed as Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering service. On 25 March 2022, he became deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh along with Keshav Prasad Maurya.
Personal life
On August 5, 2020, he got infected with COVID-19.He is married to Namrata Pathak.
