Keshav Prasad Maurya

Keshav Prasad Maurya
Keshav Prasad Maurya
	Maurya in 2017
6th Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 19 March 2017 Serving with Brijesh Pathak (from 25 March 2022); Dinesh Sharma (till 12 March 2022)
Governor	Ram Naik (till 2019); Anandiben Patel (since 2019)
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Narain Singh
Minister of Rural Development; Government of Uttar Pradesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 March 2022
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Rajendra Pratap Singh
Minister of Public Works Department; Government of Uttar Pradesh
	In office; 19 March 2017 – 25 March 2022
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Succeeded by	Jitin Prasada
Minister of Food Processing Industries; Government of Uttar Pradesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 19 March 2017
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 September 2017
Constituency	elected by Legislative Assembly members
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
	In office; 8 April 2016 – 31 August 2017
Preceded by	Laxmikant Bajpai
Succeeded by	Mahendra Nath Pandey
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 21 September 2017
Preceded by	Kapil Muni Karwariya
Succeeded by	Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel
Constituency	Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2012–2014
Preceded by	Wachaspati
Succeeded by	Wachaspati
Constituency	Sirathu
Personal details
Born	7 May 1969; Sirathu, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)	Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Education	B.A.
Occupation	Businessman; Politician;
Website	keshavprasadmaurya.com
	As of 17 December,, 2016Source:

Keshav Prasad Maurya (born 7 May 1969) is an Indian politician, currently serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Maurya was associated with a right-wing Hindu organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, before entering active politics through BJP. He was also involved in cow protectionism in his early life. Before 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, he was made state president of the BJP, and after the victory of BJP, he was appointed as Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in the first Yogi Adityanath Government. Maurya again contested the legislative assembly elections in 2022 from Sirathu Assembly constituency, losing to Pallavi Patel of Samajwadi Party. However, he was given a second term as Deputy CM in the second Yogi Adityanath government.

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