Sukhdev Rajbhar
Sukhdev Rajbhar was an Indian politician and a senior member of 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, and 17th Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh of India. He also served as the Speaker of the 15th Uttar Pradesh State Legislative Assembly from 2007-2012 in the Bahujan Samaj Party’s Mayawati Government as well as a Cabinet Minister, Minister Of State, Minister Of State at various occasions in the cabinet of several chief ministers in the government of Uttar Pradesh, he also served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh State Legislative Council for 1 term for 6 years from B.S.P. He represented the Didarganj constituency in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. He was a Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and a Minister in the Mayawati, Kalyan Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav cabinets.
Political career
Sukhdev Rajbhar contested Uttar Pradesh Assembly election as Bahujan Samaj Party candidate and defeated his close contestant Adil Sheikh from Samajwadi Party with a margin of 3,645 votes.Posts held
- 1991–1993 Member, 11th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
- *Member, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Denitrified Tribes related joint committee
- 1993–1994 Member, 12th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
- *State Minister, Co-operatives, Muslim Waqf Department
- 1994–1995 State Minister, Department of Secondary and Basic Education
- 1995–1997 Minister, Secondary, Basic and Adult Education
- 1997–2002 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
- *Minister for Rural Development, Ambedkar Village Development and the Provincial Department of Defense Party
- *Minister for Rural Development, Minor Irrigation Department
- 2002–2007 Member, 14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
- *Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, textiles and silk Industry Department
- *Member, Committee on Rules
- *Member, Working – Advisory Committee
- 2007–2012 Member, 15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
- *Speaker, Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
- 2017-Incumbent Member, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh