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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1963)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Indrajit Saroj
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|14 January 1963}}
| birth_place = [[Kaushambi district|Nagreha Khurd]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = '''Member of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]'''
| term_start = 10 March 2022
| term_end =
| predecessor = Lal Bahadur
| successor =
| office1 =
| term_start1 = 1996
| term_end1 = 2017
| successor1 = Lal bahadur
| constituency1 = [[Manjhanpur Assembly constituency|Manjhanpur]]
| office2 = [[Samajwadi Party|National General Secretary <br> Samajwadi Party]]
| term_start2 = 2019
| term_end2 =
| office3 = [[Government of Uttar Pradesh|Cabinet Minister <br> Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start3 = 2007
| term_end3 = 2012
| 1blankname3 = [[List of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata3 = [[Mayawati]]
| 2blankname3 = Ministry & Department's
| 2namedata3 = *Social Welfare
*SC/ST Welfare
*Child Development & Nutrition
*Agricultural Marketing.
| party = [[File:Samajwadi Party.png|20px]] [[Samajwadi Party]]
| other_party = [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| spouse = Pushpa Devi
| children = [[Pushpendra Saroj]]
| parents = Maideen
}}
'''Indrajit Saroj''' (born 14 January 1963) is a senior politician and National General Secretary of [[Samajwadi Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=UP News: अखिलेश यादव की नई टीम घोषित, शिवपाल, स्वामी प्रसाद, आजम खां सहित 14 लोग बनाए गए राष्ट्रीय महासचिव |url=https://www.amarujala.com/lucknow/sp-s-national-executive-declared-shivpal-and-swami-prasad-national-general-secretaries-2023-01-29 |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref> He is currently Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from [[Manjhanpur Assembly constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-11 |title=Manjhanpur Vidhan sabha seat: मंझनपुर में इंद्रजीत सरोज ने लहराया समाजवादी पार्टी का परचम, दर्ज की बंपर जीत |url=https://www.tv9hindi.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-election-2022/up-assembly-election-2022-manjhanpur-vidhan-sabha-seat-uttar-pradesh-vidhan-sabha-chunav-manjhanpur-election-result-1095863.html |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=TV9 Bharatvarsh |language=hi}}</ref>

==Political life==
Indrajit Saroj was born on 1 January 1963 in Nagreha Khurd Paschim Sharira of then [[Allahabad]] now [[Kaushambi district|Kaushambi]]. His father Maideen was a farmer. Influenced by the ideas of [[Babasaheb Ambedkar]] from his student life, Indrajit Saroj continued to participate in political activities and movements, he graduated from [[Allahabad University]] in 1985, after which he came into the main political stream and Bahujan Samaj Party inspired by Manyavar [[Kanshi Ram]] joined in. He was elected MLA for the first time from Manjhanpur in the 1996 assembly elections. He has been cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh several times. He is a four time MLA from Manjhanpur Vidhansabha till now and though he lost the election to BJP's Lal Bahadur in 2017 assembly election. After differences with Mayawati, he left Bahujan Samaj Party in 2018<ref>{{Cite web |title=मायावती को झटकाः इंद्रजीत सरोज ने 250 समर्थकों समेत बसपा छोड़ी |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-indrajit-saroj-left-the-bsp-with-their-250-upporters-16479355.html |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> and joined [[Samajwadi Party]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=यूपी : बसपा नेता इंद्रजीत सरोज सपा में शामिल, अखिलेश बोले- पार्टी को अपना घर समझिए, यहां है लोकतंत्र |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/up/lucknow/1058435 |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=Prabhat Khabar |date=21 September 2017 |language=hi}}</ref> currently he is the Deputy Leader of opposition the House in [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=मिश्रा |first=अविनीश |date=2023-02-01 |title=स्वामी, राजभर और सरोज... 'कौशांबी मॉडल' से बीजेपी को फिर मात देंगे अखिलेश? |url=https://www.abplive.com/states/up-uk/akhilesh-yadav-stake-6-defector-makes-general-secretary-samajwadi-party-abpp-2323106 |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=www.abplive.com |language=hi}}</ref> and also National General Secretary of [[Samajwadi Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-15 |title=जानें कौन हैं 25 साल के पुष्पेंद्र सरोज जिन पर सपा ने कौशांबी से लगाया दांव? |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/allahabad-up-lok-sabha-election-2024-samajwadi-party-candidate-pushpendra-saroj-from-kaushmabi-seat-8238676.html |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Indrajit Saroj is married to Pushpa Devi. They have three daughters and a son. Their son [[Pushpendra Saroj]] is the youngest [[Member of Parliament]] of India in [[18th Lok Sabha]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-05 |title=SP's Pushpendra Saroj is now the youngest MP in country |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/sps-pushpendra-saroj-is-now-the-youngest-mp-in-country/articleshow/110715535.cms |access-date=2024-10-11 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> educated in accounting and management at [[Queen Mary University of London]] .<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatv.in/uttar-pradesh/lok-sabha-elections-2024-pushpendra-saroj-kaushambi-samajwadi-party-candidate-2024-04-17-1038941 | title=25 की उम्र...जानें कौन हैं पुष्पेंद्र सरोज जो लंदन से सीधे यूपी के रणक्षेत्र में कूदे | date=17 April 2024 }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Alumni of Queen Mary University of London]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027]]
[[Category:Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
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[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
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