Vijay Laxmi Gautam

Vijay Laxmi Gautam
State Minister of Rural Development
Assumed office
25 March 2022 (2022-03-25)
GovernorAnandiben Patel
Member of the 18th Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
March 2022
Preceded byManbodh
ConstituencySalempur
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partyBJP
ProfessionPolitician

Vijay Laxmi Gautam is an Indian politician and Minister of State in the Government of Uttar Pradesh[1] and a member of 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly.[2] She represents the Salempur constituency of Uttar Pradesh.[3] She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4][3][5]

Political career

Following the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election,[4] she was elected as an MLA from the Salempur Assembly constituency, defeating Manbodh Prasad, the candidate from the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), by the margin of 16,608 votes.[4]

On 25 March 2022, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, appointed Vijay Laxmi Gautam as the Minister of Rural Development in Uttar Pradesh government.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Uttar Pradesh: Ministries allotted to ministers of Yogi government, know who got which department, this is the complete list". Times Now Hindi (in Hindi). 28 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Office, Lucknow". upcmo.up.nic.in.
  3. ^ a b "UP Govt 2022: Know who is Vijay Lakshmi Gautam who came into limelight as soon as she became MLA for the first time" (in Hindi). Dainik Jagran. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "GEN ELECTION TO VIDHAN SABHA TRENDS & RESULT MARCH-2022". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Surya Pratap Shahi gets another chance in Yogi 2.0 government, Jayaprakash's card cut, Vijay Lakshmi Gautam becomes minister, only woman MLA in Gorakhpur division" (in Hindi). Navbhart Times. Retrieved 25 March 2022.