Nakul Dubey
Nakul Dubey is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress and a former urban development minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh when Mayawati was Chief Minister. ;
Before joining politics in 2007, Dubey was an advocate by profession, practising in Lucknow High Court. He was also elected as a member of the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh in 2006, securing the maximum votes in the state.
Dubey quit his career as a lawyer in 2007 and contested the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha elections in the Mahona constituency as a BSP candidate. He was Minister of Urban Development, Environment and Prohibition during 2007–12.
In 2012, Dubey contested the Legislative Assembly elections in Bakshi Kaa Talab constituency, Lucknow district. He lost by nearly 2,000 votes.
Subsequently, in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Dubey stood as a candidate in Lucknow. Again, he did not win.
In the 2017 [Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections] Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Dubey lost to Bharatiya [Janata Party] candidate Avinash Trivedi by a margin of 17,584 votes.
Dubey was given the Jawaharlal [Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission] Award for the best work in Kanpur.
In 2019, he contested Lok Sabha elections from Sitapur on BSP seat but lost to Rajesh [Verma |Rajesh Verma] of BJP.
In May 2022 he joined the Indian National Congress.