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Who is Keshav Prasad Maurya?

Keshav Prasad Maurya

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Who is Keshav Prasad Maurya?

Keshav Prasad Maurya is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who serves as the Deputy Chief Minister (CM) of Uttar Pradesh. He is also an MP from the Phulpur parliamentary constituency of Prayagraj.
 
Maurya was born on May 7, 1969, in Kaushambi district to Dhanapati Devi and Late Shyamlal Maurya. His father was a farmer and had a tea shop in Sirathu Nagar and his mother is a housewife. Maurya has two brothers -- Sukh Lal and Rajendra Kumar and three sisters -- Sumitra Devi, Kamlesh Kumari and Asha Devi.

He got married in 1985
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Sambhal DM asked me not to visit, says SP leader Mata Prasad Pandey

Earlier, SP MP Ram Gopal Yadav also launched an attack against the administration in the stone pelting incident in Sambhal and alleged that the administration had deliberately created unrest

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Updated On : 30 Nov 2024 | 12:29 PM IST

No hope of SP coming to power till 2047: UP Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya

He accused the opposition party of misleading the Backwards and Dalits by allying with the BSP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and the Congress in 2024

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Updated On : 24 Nov 2024 | 12:49 PM IST

SP will become Samaptwadi Party: Maurya taunts as BJP leads in UP bypolls

Bharatiya Janata Party leads in 4-5 out of the 9 Lok Sabha seats that went to bypolls in Uttar Pradesh

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Updated On : 23 Nov 2024 | 2:17 PM IST

A chance for Adityanath to prove his mettle, once again in Uttar Pradesh

UP is set to witness bypolls on 10 Assembly seats. While BJP is looking to get its mojo back, the SP is on a high after success in Lok Sabha elections

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Updated On : 25 Aug 2024 | 11:33 PM IST

UP dy CM's cryptic post sparks speculation amid BJP's internal struggles

The post followed a meeting of the UP Deputy CM with BJP party President JP Nadda in Delhi on Tuesday. Nadda also held a separate meeting with the Uttar Pradesh BJP Chief Bhupender Chaudhary.

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Updated On : 17 Jul 2024 | 3:57 PM IST

Last stand of Desawari paan? Of fragrance, flavour, and forgotten farmers

The Desawari cannot withstand waterlogging, making the undulating slopes of Mahoba ideal for its cultivation

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Updated On : 17 May 2024 | 11:52 PM IST

Cong conspiring to transfer OBC, SC, ST rights to Muslims: Keshav Maurya

Maurya said the Congress has 'conspired to snatch the rights of ?OBCs, SCs and STs ?and give these to Muslims'

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Updated On : 26 Apr 2024 | 1:47 PM IST

Oppn leaders join BJP as their parties face leadership crisis: UP Dy CM

Opposition leaders are making the allegation of central probe agencies being misused as many of them are facing charges such as that of corruption and know they will eventually end up behind bars

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Updated On : 03 Apr 2024 | 10:11 AM IST

BJP leaders support caste census, says UP Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya

"We are also in favour of caste-wise census and our senior leaders are also in favour of it but it is a matter for the central government to conduct the caste-wise census," said Keshav Prasad Maurya

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Updated On : 30 Nov 2023 | 11:35 AM IST

PM's presence at Ram Mandir consecration matter of good fortune: UP Dy CM

Calling it a day full of "emotions", PM Modi said on Wednesday that he feels "blessed" and that it is his good fortune that he will be witnessing such a historic occasion

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Updated On : 26 Oct 2023 | 11:28 AM IST

Sanjeev Jeeva, close aid of Mukhtar Ansari, shot dead outside Lucknow court

The gangster was a co-accused in the murder case of BJP MLA Brahmhadatt Dwivedi

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Updated On : 07 Jun 2023 | 7:21 PM IST

Akhilesh should not try to gain sympathy saying he will be arrested: Maurya

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday said Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav should not try to gain sympathy by claiming that he can get arrested.

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Updated On : 23 Mar 2023 | 1:38 PM IST

UP has best policies in every field, says Deputy CM Maurya at GIS

UP Deputy CM said the state has the best policies in every field, including security, and many big investment proposals have come through the Global Investors Summit-2023 (GIS-2023) here

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Updated On : 11 Feb 2023 | 6:11 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Dy CM Maurya accuses SP of delaying municipal polls

He further said that SP appeared to have no faith in democratic values and also accused the party and its leaders of an anti-Dalit and anti-women mentality

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Updated On : 15 Dec 2022 | 10:30 AM IST

Azam Khan was 'riot-provoking' minister in SP regime, says UP Dy CM

Maurya said that the BJP government has done the work of ending the terror of Azam Khan

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Updated On : 29 Nov 2022 | 10:23 AM IST

Shinde camp appoints Yuva Sena executive panel members; most kin of rebels

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Friday called Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav the "kingpin" of criminals, rioters and mafia.

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Updated On : 01 Oct 2022 | 8:11 AM IST

Keshav Prasad Maurya slams Akhilesh, says 100 SP MLAs ready to join BJP

UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya has hit back at Akhilesh Yadav's advice to him to cross over on pattern of what happened in Bihar

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Updated On : 08 Sep 2022 | 6:51 AM IST

Prayagraj airport will be made international facility before 2025 Mahakumbh

Before the Mahakumbh in 2025, the airport in Prayagraj will be made an international facility, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has said

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Updated On : 03 Sep 2022 | 7:07 PM IST

'Organisation is bigger than govt', tweets Keshav Maurya, creates furore

He was recently appointed the the BJP legislature party leader in the Legislative Council in place of Swatantra Dev Singh

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Updated On : 22 Aug 2022 | 8:50 AM IST

Akhilesh unable to bear growing stature of backward class leaders: Maurya

'Akhilesh Yadav jee, you are not able to tolerate the growing stature of any leaders of the backward class. You want that there should be no bigger OBC leader, and you are anti-backward,' Maurya said.

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Updated On : 24 Jul 2022 | 12:06 AM IST