Sanghmitra Maurya Explained
Sanghmitra Maurya (born 3 January 1985) is an Indian politician senior bjp leader 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.[1] She earlier contested in Mainpuri in 2014 as a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party but lost to Mulayam Singh Yadav.[2] [3]
The BJP party did not give Sanghmitra Maurya a ticket for the 2024 Indian general election because of her father's feud with the party. Party selected Durvijay Singh Shakya who is current president of Budaun Braj Region.[4]
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.[5] Her family converted to Buddhism from Hinduism.[6] She did her M.B.B.S in 2010 from ERA's Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, then under Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University.[7] [8] Her husband, Dr. Naval Kishore Shakya is a Cancer Surgeon and owner of Lakshaya Cancer Hospital Lucknow who joined Samajwadi Party in 2018.[9] They have a son.[7] Due to irrevocable differences, Maurya filed for divorce on 21 December 2017 in Lucknow and she was granted a divorce on 19 January 2021.[10]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Badaun Election Result 2019: BJP's Dr Sanghmitra Maurya likely to win with a lead of almost 30000 votes. Times Now. 23 May 2019. 24 May 2019. 22 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220822133032/https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/article/badaun-up-election-2019-badaun-election-results-candidates-voter-population-polling-percentage/411508. live.
- Web site: Dhritrashtra Syndrome' dominates phase III in UP . . Ashish . Tripathi . 20 April 2014 . 2 April 2020 . 24 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180624073400/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Dhritrashtra-Syndrome-dominates-phase-III-in-UP/articleshow/33974831.cms . live .
- Web site: In UP elections 2017, spotlight to fall on these eight daughters . India Today . 30 August 2016 . 2 April 2020 . 22 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220822133034/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/in-up-elections-2017-spotlight-to-fall-on-these-eight-daughters-338157-2016-08-30 . live .
- Web site: Durvijay Singh Shakya, the regional president of the BJP, is running from Badaun. . Bru Times News . en.
- News: Awasthi . Puja . Sanghmitra Maurya: Prescription for change in Badaun . 11 July 2019 . . 15 June 2019 . 21 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190621043216/https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2019/06/15/sanghmitra-maurya-prescription-for-change-in-badaun.html . live .
- News: Converting to Buddhism as a Form of Political Protest. Varagur. Krithika. 11 April 2018. The Atlantic. 12 April 2018. en-US. 12 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180412123453/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/dalit-buddhism-conversion-india-modi/557570/. live.
- Web site: Members : Lok Sabha . loksabhaph.nic.in . 14 September 2019 . 8 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191008061417/http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5135 . live .
- Web site: Sanghmitra Maurya(Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)):Constituency- MAINPURI(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate . myneta.info . 7 March 2022 . 7 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220307120018/https://myneta.info/ls2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=4415 . live .
- News: Another blow for BJP in Uttar Pradesh, State minister Swami Prasad Maurya's son-in-law joins SP . 14 September 2019 . The Indian Express . 18 March 2018 . en-IN . 22 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220822133037/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/yogi-adityanath-chief-minister-bjpswami-prasad-mauryas-son-in-law-naval-kishore-samajwadi-party-5101168/ . live .
- News: उत्तर प्रदेश: स्वामी प्रसाद मौर्य की बेटी और बदायूं सांसद संघमित्रा मौर्या ने पति से लिया तलाक . 3 March 2021 . TV9 Hindi . 2 March 2021 . hindi . 22 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220822133033/https://www.tv9hindi.com/state/uttar-pradesh/badaun-mp-sanghmitra-maurya-divorce-with-doctor-naval-kishore-shakya-564780.html . live .
