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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay
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| caption =
| office = Minister of State for Public Works<br>[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start = 21 August 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor =
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
| successor =
| constituency1 = [[Chitrakoot (Assembly constituency)|Chitrakoot]]
| office1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start1 = 11 March 2017
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| predecessor1 = Veer Singh
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1950|july|9}}
| birth_place =Rasin, [[Chitrakoot district|Chitrakoot]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<ref name=Profile/>
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| parents =Rajaram Upadhyay<ref name="Candidate affidavit"/>
| nationality = Indian
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Devika Upadhyay
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| children = 4
| residence = 1302, B. Block, Multilateral Housing, [[Lucknow district|Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Allahabad]]
| occupation = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| profession = Politician<ref name="Candidate affidavit"/>
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'''Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay''' is an Indian politician and a member of [[17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] of [[India]]. He represents the [[Chitrakoot (Assembly constituency)]] in [[Chitrakoot district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name="Candidate affidavit">{{cite news|url=http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=2957|title=Candidate affidavit|access-date=9 April 2020|publisher=my neta.info}}</ref> Currently he is serving as Minister of State for Public Works in [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Shiva Awasthi|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-city-know-the-political-profile-of-minister-chandrika-prasad-upadhyay-19506158.html|title=बुंदेलखंड में किसानों के लिए आंदोलन कर अलग पहचान बना आगे बढ़े चंद्रिका|date=21 August 2019|work=[[Jagran]]|access-date=9 April 2020|language=hi}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Upadhyay was born 9 july 1950 in Rasin village of [[Chitrakoot district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] to his father Rajaram Upadhyay. He belong from Brahmin family. He married with Devika Upadhyay, they have two son Prashant, and Nishant and one daughter Meenakshi. In 1975 he attended [[University of Allahabad|Allahabad University]] and attained [[Master of Arts]] degree.<ref name=Profile>{{cite web|url=http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=19834|work=official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|title=Member Profile|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="Candidate affidavit"/>

==Political career==
Upadhyay was [[Personal secretary|Personal Secretary]] of [[Murli Manohar Joshi|Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi]], who was the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development|Minister of Human Resources]] from 1998 to 2004. He retired in 2010 from the post of [[Chief Development Officer (India)|Chief Development officer (CDO)]] in [[Kannauj district|Kannauj]]. He then started a politics career. In 2012 Assembly elections, party give him ticket from [[Chitrakoot (Assembly constituency)|Chitrakoot]] but lost the election. He was then made a member of the National Working Committee and vice-chairman of the Bundelkhand Regional Committee.

In [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] (2017) elections, he elected [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Chitrakoot (Assembly constituency)]] . He defeated his nearest candidate Veer Singh ([[Samajwadi Party]]), by a margin of 26,430 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/chitrakoot-uttar-pradesh-assembly-constituency|title=Chitrakoot Assembly Constituency Election Result|website=resultuniversity.com|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref>

On 21 August 2019, after first cabinet expansion of [[Yogi Adityanath ministry|Yogi Adityanath Government]] he appointed as Minister of State for Public Works.<ref>{{Cite news|last=ABP News Bureau|url=https://news.abplive.com/news/india/up-cm-yogi-adityanath-inducts-23-ministers-in-first-cabinet-expansion-1058592|title=UP CM Yogi Adityanath Inducts 23 Ministers In First Cabinet Expansion|date=21 August 2019|work=[[ABP News]]|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref>

==Posts held==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Comments
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|1||March 2017 || Incumbent || Member, [[17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2017/UP/10.Detailed%20Results.pdf|title=Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2 ||August 2019 || Incumbent || Minister of State in [[Yogi Adityanath ministry]]||
|-
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
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[[Category:People from Chitrakoot district]]
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