Sanghmitra Maurya
Sanghmitra Maurya
Constituency: Badaun
Born/Date of Birthday: 3 January 1985
Place of Birth: Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party: Bharatiya Janata party
Other political affiliations: Bahujan Samaj Party
Educational Qualifications: MBBS
Educated at: ERA's Lucknow Medical College, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University (M.B.B.S.)
Profession: Politician
Spouse(s): Naval Kishore Shakya (div. 2021)
No. of Sons: 1
Parents: Shri Swami Prasad Maurya, Smt. Shiva Maurya
Grandparent: Badlu Maurya
Permanent Address: 6/237 E-Vipul Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow-226010, Uttar Pradesh
Tel: 09415742177 (M)
Sanghmitra Maurya (born 3 January 1985) is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Badaun, Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, defeating senior Samajwadi Party leader Dharmendra Yadav. She earlier contested in Mainpuri in 2014 as a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party but lost to Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Personal life
Maurya was born on 3 January 1985 in Allahabad city in Uttar Pradesh to politicians Swami Prasad Maurya and Shiva Maurya. She is a practitioner of Buddhism. Her family converted to Buddhism from Hinduism. She did her M.B.B.S in 2010 from ERA's Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, then under Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University. Her husband, Dr. Naval Kishore Shakya is a Cancer Surgeon and owner Lakshaya Cancer Hospital Lucknow joined Samajwadi Party in 2018. They have a son. Due to irrevocable differences, Maurya filed for divorce on 21 December 2017 in Lucknow and she was granted a divorce on 19 January 2021.
