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{{short description|Member of the 17th Lok Sabha}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Arun Kumar Sagar
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| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency1 = [[Shahjahanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shahjahanpur]]
| term_start1 = 25 May 2019
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|predecessor1 = [[Krishna Raj]]
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|majority1 = 268,418
|party =[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| profession = Agriculture and business
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'''Arun Kumar Sagar''' is an Indian politician who has been a [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Lok Sabha]] for [[Shahjahanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shahjahanpur]] since [[2019 Indian general election|2019]].

==Political career==
[[Arun Kumar Sagar]],BJP MP from Shahjahanpur, was earlier a [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] BSP's popular youth [[Dalit]] leader of [[Jatav]] Cummunity in wesrtern UP. He was four times District President of [[Shahjahanpur District]] and two times bareilly Zone Co-ordinator of the party's unit. In 2008 at the age of 32 he became the vice-president of the state construction corporation (status of MoS UP Government).In 2012 he contested from [[Powayan (Assembly constituency)|Powayan constituency]] on BSP ticket and lost to SP"s candisate Shakuntla Devi by the margin of 4.2 percentage of votes. On 15 June 2015, he was fired by his party for anti-party activities.<ref name="Jagran">{{cite web |title=लोकसभा चुनाव 2019: केंद्रीय मंत्री कृष्णाराज को भारी पड़ी अपनों से नाराजगी, पढ़े इसलिए कटा टिकट |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur-bjp-cut-ticket-of-union-minister-of-state-for-agriculture-krishna-raj-arun-sagar-becomes-candidate-from-shahjahanpur-constituency-19062881.html |publisher=Jagran |accessdate=25 May 2019 |language=hi |date=23 March 2019}}</ref>

After leaving Bahujan Samaj Party, Sagar immediately joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. The party recruited him as they were lacking a [[Dalit]] leader and was searching for one. In 2015, he was made the vice-president of the party's [[Braj]] region unit.

In March 2019, Bharatiya Janata Party announced that Sagar would contest the upcoming [[2019 Indian general election|general election]] from the [[Shahjahanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shahjahanpur Lok Sabha constituency]]. He replaced sitting MP and union minister [[Krishna Raj]].<ref>{{cite web |title=With Slight Tweak in Caste Formula, How BJP's UP Math Has Taken the Sheen Off SP-BSP Chemistry |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/with-slight-tweak-in-caste-formula-how-bjps-up-math-has-taken-the-sheen-off-sp-bsp-chemistry-2074241.html |publisher=News18 |accessdate=25 May 2019 |date=22 March 2019}}</ref> On 23 May, he was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], after defeating Amar Chand Jauhar of [[Mahagathbandhan (2019)|Mahagathbandhan]], his nearest rival by a margin of 268,418 votes. Which was biggest margin in [[Rohilkhand]]. Sagar was polled 688,990 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=भाजपा के अरुण को मिला जीत का 'सागर' | trans-title = BJP's Arun gets a sea of "victory" |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur-bjp-candidate-arun-sagar-win-in-loksabha-election2019-19249979.html |publisher=Jagran |accessdate=25 May 2019 |language=hi |date=23 May 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.myneta.info/LokSabha2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=9707 MyNeta] profile
{{17th LS members from Uttar Pradesh}}

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[[Category:People from Shahjahanpur]]

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