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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Dinanath Bhaskar
|image=
|caption=Dinanath Bhaskar
| constituency = [[Chandauli]]
| office = Minister of Uttar Pradesh [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|MLA]], [[12th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|12th Legislative Assembly]]
| term =1993–1995
| predecessor =
| successor =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1963|3|10}}
|birth_place = [[Chandauli]], Uttar Pradesh, India
|residence =
|party = [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] (2015–present) [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (2009–2015) [[Samajwadi Party]] (1996–2009)
|partner =
|relations =
|children =
|alma_mater =
|profession = Politician
|nationality=Indian
|minister=Health Minister

|office2=[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|MLA]], [[14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|14th Legislative Assembly]]
|constituency2=[[Bhadohi (Assembly constituency)|Bhadohi]]
|office1=Chairman of the [[National Commission for Scheduled Tribes]]
|term1=2004 – 2007{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
|vice-chairman=
|term2=2002–2007
|office3=Minister of State
|term3=2002–2004
|office4=[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|MLA]], [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly]]
|constituency3=[[Aurai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Aurai]]
|term_start4 = 2017
}}

'''Dinanath Bhaskar''' (born 10 March 1963){{citation needed|date=January 2019}} is an Indian politician active in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Once a close associate of [[Kanshi Ram]], he was a founding member of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (BSP) and was Minister for Health during the state's coalition government of the [[Samajwadi Party]] (SP) and BSP in 1993. He quit the BSP to join the SP in 1996, rejoined the BSP around 2009 and in 2015 joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP).

In the 2017 state elections, Bhaskar was elected as [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for [[Aurai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Aurai constituency]] as a BJP candidate. This was his third successful election to the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]].

== Career ==
[[File:Shri Dinanath Bhaskar.JPG|thumb|In Jan Sabha]]

Once a close associate of Kanshi Ram,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/maya-clears-haze-a-loyal-dalit-will-run-up-if-bsp-captures-delhi/485250/0 |title=Maya clears haze: A loyal Dalit will run UP if BSP captures Delhi |first=Sanjay |last=Singh |work=The Indian Express |date=5 July 2009 |accessdate=22 January 2019}}</ref> Dinanath Bhaskar was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from the Chandauli constituency in 1993 on a BSP ticket.<ref name="1993result">{{cite web|url=http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/chandauli-constituencies/chandauli-.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124172452/http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/chandauli-constituencies/chandauli-.aspx|archive-date=24 January 2012|url-status=dead|title=Chandauli Election Results, Chandauli Constituency Map|access-date=29 April 2015}}</ref> Around that time he was noted as a controversial character in the [[Caste system in India|caste]]-ridden politics of Uttar Pradesh, much disliked by upper castes for his alignment with [[Dalit]]s and other minorities and his exhortations to them to become militant.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19950531-uttar-pradesh-minister-wrongly-accused-in-chandauli-constituency-massacre-807334-1995-05-31 |work=India Today |title=Uttar Pradesh minister wrongly accused in Chandauli constituency massacre |first=Deepak |last=Gidwani |date=31 May 1995 |accessdate=22 January 2019}}</ref>

Bhaskar left the BSP after [[Mayawati]] accused [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] of trying to induce support from Bhaskar.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} Standing as an SP candidate in the [[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1996 assembly elections]], he lost the contest in the [[Bhadohi (Assembly constituency)|Bhadohi constituency]] to [[Purnmasi Pankaj]] of the BJP.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1996-election-results.html |title=Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1996 |publisher=elections.in |accessdate=22 January 2019}}</ref>{{efn|The 12th Assembly of Uttar Pradesh was dissolved in October 1995 but the 13th Assembly did not convene until October 1996}} He then successfully contested the [[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2002 elections]] in the same constituency to become a Member of the Legislative Assembly for a second time. He lost the seat to the BSP candidate, [[Archana Saroj]], in [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2007]]<ref name="2002result">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/bhadohi.html|title=Bhadohi Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh|publisher=elections.in|accessdate=22 January 2019}}</ref> and left the party after being denied a [[Vidhan Sabha]] ticket in a 2009 by-election. He then re-joined the BSP and was made Coordinator of Allahabad zone, Mirzapur zone and Varanasi Zone respectively.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

Bhaskar resigned from the BSP on 4 April 2015, accusing it of selling its election candidacies,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/bsps-founder-member-resigns-form-party-accuses-leadership-of-selling-tickets/|title=BSP founder member resigns from party; accuses leadership of selling tickets |work=The Indian Express|accessdate=29 April 2015}}</ref> and joined the BJP one month later.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bsps-founder-member-deena-nath-bhaskar-joins-bharatiya-janata-party-760390 |title=BSP's Founder Member Deena Nath Bhaskar Joins Bharatiya Janata Party |publisher=Ndtv.com |date=4 April 2015 |accessdate=10 January 2017}}</ref> He won the Aurai constituency in the [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]s as a BJP candidate.<ref name="fe2017">{{cite news |title=Uttar Pradesh election results 2017: Full list of constituencies and winning candidates |work=The Financial Express |date=24 April 2017 |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/uttar-pradesh-election-results-full-list-of-constituencies-and-candidates-winner-list/580549/ |accessdate=22 January 2019}}</ref>

== Offices held ==
* 1993 to 1995: Member of Legislative Assembly Chandauli<ref name="1993result"/>
* 2002 to 2007: Member of Legislative Assembly Bhadohi<ref name="2002result"/>
* 1993: Health, Health Education, Family welfare and Village Development Minister (Uttar Pradesh)<ref name="uplegisassembly.gov.in">http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_hi.aspx#/Data/12730/17</ref>
* 2003 to 2004: Minister of State<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/List-of-Mulayams-ministers/articleshow/215336.cms |title=List of Mulayam's ministers |work=The Times of India |date=4 October 2003 |accessdate=10 January 2017}}</ref>
* 2004 to 2007: Chairman Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) Commission, Uttar Pradesh
* 2002 to 2007: Member, Joint Standing Committee Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribe and extinct Castes (Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly<ref name="uplegisassembly.gov.in"/>
* March 2017 – present: BJP MLA for Aurai<ref name="fe2017"/>
* 20017 to Present: Member, Joint Standing Committee Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribe and extinct Castes (Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly<ref>http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Committee/Samitiyan_hi.aspx#/vartamaan_samitiyan</ref>
* 2018–Present: Member State working Committee BJP Uttar Pradesh<ref>https://www.patrika.com/bhadohi-news/bjp-given-gorakhnath-pandey-big-role-before-2019-loksabha-election-2352036/</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:People from Chandauli district]]
[[Category:Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022]]
[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1993–1996]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2002–2007]]

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