Pradeep Kumar (politician)


Pradeep Kumar Chaudhary is an Indian politician and member of the 13th,
Sixteenth [Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th] and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. In 2017 he represented the Gangoh constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party. He is elected as Member of Parliament in 17th Lok sabha from Kairana seat. Pradeep Choudhary's father Late Master Kanwarpal Singh remained for 3 terms MLA. Pradeep Choudhary is also titled with.

Personal life

Kumar was born on 10 March 1969 to Kanwar Pal Singh in a Gujjar family of Dudhla village of Gangoh block in Uttar Pradesh. He holds a post-graduate degree. Kumar married Sunita Chaudhary on 19 February 1999, with whom he has two sons. He is an agriculturist by profession.

Political career

Kumar has been an MLA three times. During his first time, he was elected in the by-elections in 2000 at Nakur (Assembly constituency) as a member of Rashtriya [Lok Dal]. He was then elected to the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in 2012 at Gangoh (Assembly constituency) as a member of Indian National Congress, defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Ruder Sen by a margin of 4,023 votes.
He was elected to the Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in 2017 again at Gangoh as a member of Bhartiya Janata Party, defeating Indian National Congress candidate Nauman Masood by a margin of 38,028 votes.In 2019, he was elected as a member of parliament from Kairana [Lok Sabha constituency] as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

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