Hardwar Dubey

Indian politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroIndian politician
PlacesIndia
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth1 July 1949
Death26 June 2023New Delhi, New Delhi district, Delhi division, India (aged 74 years)
Star signCancer
Politics:Bharatiya Janata Party
The details

Biography

Hardwar Dubey (1 July 1949 – 26 June 2023) was an Indian politician who was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. He was a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Agra Cantonment and minister of state in the Kalyan Singh ministry. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party until his death.

Early life

Dubey was originally from Ballia. He moved to Agra in 1969 and led Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.

Political career

In 1989, he contested and won the Agra Cantonment seat. He again won the 1991 elections and was made the minister of state for Finance in the Kalyan Singh ministry. Due to controversies, he resigned from the ministerial position within a year.

In 2005, he unsuccessfully contested by-elections from the Kheragarh Assembly seat. Earlier, he also lost in the Agra-Firozabad seat to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council election.

In 2011, he took over as BJP’s state spokesperson and in 2013 as state vice president.

Death

Dubey died in Delhi on 26 June 2023, at the age of 73.

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