Harish Dwivedi
Harish Dwivedi
Constituency: Basti
Born/Date of Birthday: 22 October 1973
Place of Birth: Teliyajot, Basti, Uttar Pradesh, India
Citizenship: India
Political party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Educational Qualifications: M.A. (Political Science)
Educated at: Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)
Profession: Agriculturist, Poli
Marital Status: Married
Date of Marriage: 30 Apr 2006
Spouse's Name: Smt. Vineeta Dwivedi
No. of Sons: 1
No.of Daughters: 1
Parents: Shri Sadhu Sharan Dube, Smt. Yashoda Devi
Permanent Address: Vill.-Teliyajot, P.O.Katya, Distt- Basti-272302,Uttar Pradesh
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Harish Dwivedi (born 22 October 1973) is an Indian politician and a member of 16th and 17th Lok Sabha from the Basti (Lok Sabha constituency) as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is currently the National Secretary of Bharatiya Janta Party.
Early life and education
Dwivedi was born 22 October 1971 in the Teliyajot village in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh to his father Sadhu Sharan Dubey and mother Yashoda Devi. In 2006, he married Vineeta Dwivedi, they have one son and one daughter. He belong from Brahmin family. In 1998, he attend Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University and attained M.A. in Political science degree.
Political career
Dwivedi was Member of Parliament from two strength term. He started his political career in 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2012) elections from Basti Sadar (Assembly constituency), but he lost by Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Jitendra Kumar and stood third with 32,121 votes.
In 16th Lok Sabha (2014 Indian general election), he got Lok Sabha ticket by Bharatiya Janata Party from Basti (Lak Sabha constituency) and he elected first time as Member of Parliament. He defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Brij Kishor Singh "Dimpal" by a margin 33,562 (3.20℅) votes.
In 17th Lok Sabha (2019 Indian general election), he again elected Member of Parliament second continuously time from Basti (Lok Sabha constituency). He defeated Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Ram Prasad Chaudhary by a margin of 30,354 (2.88℅) votes.
Posts held
- (2014-2019)- Member, 16th Lok Sabha.
- (2014-Incumbent)- Member, Standing Committee on Energy.
- (2014-2019)- Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal.
- (2016-2018)- Member, Standing Committee on Information Technology.
- (2018-2019)- Member, Standing Committee on Finance.
- (2019-Incumbent)- Member, 17th Lok Sabha (2nd term).
- Member, Committee on Petitions.
- Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
