| Sanjay Nishad | |
| Birth Date: | 7 June 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Chaumukha, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Office1: | Minister of Fisheries, Government of Uttar Pradesh |
| Term Start1: | 25 March 2022 |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Yogi Adityanath |
| Office2: | Member of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad |
| Term Start2: | 1 October 2021 |
| Office3: | President-Founder of NISHAD Party |
| Term Start3: | 7 June 2013 |
| Predecessor3: | position established |
| Party: | NISHAD Party |
| Children: | 3 sons:Praveen Kumar Nishad,Amit Nishad,Sarvan Nishad. |
| Otherparty: | National Democratic Alliance |
| Constituency2: | Nominated By Governor |
Sanjay Nishad is an Indian politician serving as a cabinet minister in the Second Yogi Adityanath ministry. He has been a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council since 2021. As a member of the Nishad caste, he founded the NISHAD Party in 2016.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Sanjay Nishad was born to a Nishad family on 7 June 1965 in Chaumukha, Gorakhpur. He completed a course in electrohomeopathy. He initiated a struggle to get this course recognised as a medical discipline, and founded the Purvanchal Medical Electro Homeopathy Association in 2002 and became its president.[5] Before forming the NISHAD Party, he ran a clinic at Geeta Vatika Road, Gorakhpur for a decade.[6] [7] [8]
In 2021, Nishad won the election for the Legislative Council and became a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. After the victory of NDA in 2022 UP Elections, he became a Cabinet Minister in the Second Yogi Adityanath ministry, and took the oath on 25 March 2022.[9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
On 29 April 2022, Sanjay Nishad gave a controversial statement to the media where he claimed that a person who does not love Hindi is "a foreigner or linked to foreign powers" and that "Hindustan is not a place for those who don’t speak Hindi. They should leave this country and go somewhere else.”[14]