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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Ajay Kumar Lallu
| honorific-suffix =
| image =
| alt =
| caption = Ex-President Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee
| constituency = [[Tamkuhi Raj (Assembly constituency)]]
| office = [[Ex-Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] in [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start = March 2012
| term_end = March 2022
| predecessor = Constituency created
| successor =
| office2 = [[Ex-President (corporate title)|President]] of [[Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee]]
| term_start2 = 7 October 2019
| term_end2 = 16 March 2022
| predecessor2 = [[Raj Babbar]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1979|8|31}}
| birth_place = Seorahi, [[Kushinagar district|Kushinagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| restingplace =
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| birthname =
| spouse =
| nationality = Indian
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| residence = Multipurpose Minister Housing (Old), Dalibagh, [[Lucknow district|Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| alma_mater = [[Political science]] from Kishan PG Collage
| occupation = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| profession = Agriculture
| 1blankname2 = National President
| 1namedata2 = [[Sonia Gandhi]] (Interim)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Congress Fails to Shake off the Gandhis, Appoints Sonia as New Interim President|url=https://thewire.in/politics/sonia-gandhi-interim-congress-president|access-date=15 June 2020|website=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]}}</ref>
| footnotes =
| date = 10 June|
| year = 2020|
| parents = Shivnath Prasad
}}
'''Ajay Kumar Lallu''' (born 31 August, 1979) is an [[Indian politician]] and a member of the [[Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th]] and [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] of [[India]]. Ex-President of the [[Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee]]. He represents the [[Tamkuhi Raj (Assembly constituency)]] constituency in the [[Kushinagar district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He is a leader of [[Indian National Congress]] in Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="Candidate affidavit">{{cite news |title=Candidate affidavit |publisher= my neta.info |url=http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=4482|accessdate=5 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nocorruption.in/politician/ajay-kumar-lallu/ |title=Tamkuhi Raj MLA Ajay Kumar Lallu |website=nocorruption.in |access-date=5 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/metro/lucknow/other-news/women-of-the-state-are-unsafe-ajay-kumar-lallu/articleshow/64701249.cms |title=प्रदेश की महिलाएं असुरक्षित : अजय कुमार लल्लू |work=Navbharat Times |access-date=5 December 2018}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Lallu was born 4 November 1979 in Seorahi village of [[Kushinagar district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] to his father Shivnath Prasad. Lallu is unmarried.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=सदस्य उत्तर प्रदेश विधान सभा|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_hi.aspx#/Data/12007/17|access-date=2020-06-10|website=uplegisassembly.gov.in}}</ref> He belongs to a([[Kanu Bania]], [[Vaishya]]) caste. In 2001, he received a postgraduate degree in [[political science]] from Kishan PG Collage Seorahi, [[Kushinagar district|Kushinagar]].<ref name=Profile>{{cite web |url=http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/web/guest/member?memberId=20802 |work=official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh |title=Member Profile |accessdate=5 December 2018}}</ref>

==Political career==
Lallu started his political journey as general secretary (Students Union) in 1998–99. In 1999-2000 he was on post of president of students union. He was also on post of State Coordinator of Ekta Parishad from 2001 to 2007.<ref name=":0" /> In [[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2007) elections]], he contest from Seorahi (Assembly constituency) as an [[Independent politician|Independent candidate]] but lost by [[Samajwadi Party|SP's]] P K Rai. He stood sixth with 2,891 votes. After election he joined [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=" 2007 Election Results ">{{cite news|title= 2007 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|accessdate=10 June 2020|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3261-uttar-pradesh-2007/}}</ref>

After Delimitation order (2008) Seorahi constituency was abolish by [[Election Commission of India]]. In [[Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2012) elections]], he got ticket by [[Indian National Congress]] from [[Tamkuhi Raj (Assembly constituency)]] of [[Kushinagar district]]. He elected [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] by defeating [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] candidate Nand Kishor Mishra by a margin of 5,860 votes.<ref name="Result">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/tamkuhi-raj.html|title=Tamkuhi Raj Result|work=elections.in|accessdate=5 December 2018}}</ref>

In [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections]], he again elected MLA by defeating the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] candidate Jagadish Mishra by a margin of 18,114 votes.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Tamkuhi Raj Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/tamkuhiraj-uttar-pradesh-assembly-constituency|access-date=2020-06-10|website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref>

In October 2019, Seeing their hard work, the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] was appointed him as President of the [[Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-20|title=Priyanka Gandhi Bus Row: UP Congress chief, Ajay Kumar Lallu has been arrested|url=https://zeenews.india.com/video/india/priyanka-gandhi-bus-row-up-congress-chief-ajay-kumar-lallu-has-been-arrested-2284934.html|access-date=2020-06-10|website=Zee News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=May 2020|first=Mirror Now {{!}} 19|title=Migrants crisis: UP Congress chief Ajay Lallu detained for staging dharna over buses for labourers|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/migrants-crisis-up-congress-chief-ajay-lallu-detained-for-staging-dharna-over-buses-for-labourers/videoshow/75831709.cms|access-date=2020-06-10|last2=Ist|first2=08:57 Pm}}</ref>

==In Media==
On 20 May 2020, Lallu was arrested in [[Agra]] on the issue of prohibiting the entry of buses organized by Congress into [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Same day Lallu was granted bail by an Agra court in a case lodged against him for flouting the norms of lockdown and staging protests along with his party men while squatting on the road. But before being released on bail, he was rearrested by a team of Lucknow police in a second case related to alleged forgery and cheating filed in connection with the Congress' standoff with the UP government over the arrangement of buses for migrant workers. He was sent to judicial custody for 14 days.<ref>{{Cite web|title='1000 buses' row: UP Congress chief Lallu remanded to 14-day judicial custody|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/may/21/1000-buses-row-up-congress-chief-lallu-remanded-to-14-day-judicial-custody-2146215.html|access-date=2020-06-10|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=कांग्रेस प्रदेश अध्‍यक्ष को आगरा में जमानत मिलने के बाद लखनऊ पुलिस ने किया गिरफ्तार, साथ ले गई|url=https://m.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/agra-city-agra-police-filed-case-against-congress-state-president-ajay-kumar-lallu-in-violation-of-lockdown-and-epidemic-act-20287211.html|access-date=2020-06-10|website=m.jagran.com|language=hi}}</ref>

After that, he was tested for [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19]] at Mahanagar Civil Hospital and kept in a temporary jail till the test result came. Meanwhile, talking to reporters in Lucknow during his medical examination, Lallu said: "Such cases and jail sentences are a reward for a political worker. The government can heap cases on me and keep me in jail but they should provide immediate relief to migrant workers."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=UPCC president sent to Lucknow district jail|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/upcc-president-sent-to-lucknow-district-jail-88001|access-date=2020-06-10|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref> After the report of Corona-19 came negative, the police shifted Lallu from temporary jail to district jail.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=जिला जेल भेजने से पहले यूपी कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष अजय कुमार लल्लू का हुआ कोरोना टेस्ट, जानिए क्या आई रिपोर्ट|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/story-up-congress-president-ajay-kumar-lallu-coronavirus-test-before-sending-to-district-jail-3229881.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-10|website=www.livehindustan.com|language=hindi}}</ref>

On 16 June 2020, The [[Allahabad High Court]] granted bail to UP Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu questioning his party's offer to provide buses for migrant workers.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-17|title=Allahabad HC grants bail to UP Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu 4 weeks after row over Priyanka Gandhi’s buses for migrants|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/uttar-pradesh-congress-chief-ajay-kumar-lallu-granted-bail-priyanka-gandhi-buses-for-migrants/1994276/|access-date=2020-07-06|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=कांग्रेस प्रदेश अध्यक्ष अजय कुमार लल्लू को मिली जमानत, 21 मई को हुए थे गिरफ्तार|url=https://www.amarujala.com/lucknow/uttar-pradesh-congress-president-ajay-kumar-lallu-bail-accepted|access-date=2020-07-06|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}</ref>

==Posts held==
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! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Comments
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| 01 || March 2012 ||March 2017 ||Member, [[16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] ||<ref name=":1" />
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| 02 ||March 2017 || Incumbent || Member, [[17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] ||<ref name="2007 Election Results" />
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| 03 ||June 2019 ||Oct 2019 ||Leader, Congress Legislature Party ||
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| 03 ||Oct 2019 ||Incumbent ||President, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee ||
|}

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[[Category:People from Kushinagar]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2012–2017]]
[[Category:People from Kushinagar district]]

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