Rakesh Sachan (born 20 December 1964) is an Indian politician and currently a Cabinet minister in Ministry of MSME, Khadi, Village Industries, Sericulture, Textile, Government of Uttar Pradesh & Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 2022 (MLA) from Bhognipur constituency and, who has also served two terms in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1993–96 and 2002–2007) and in 2009 was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) from the Fatepur Lok Sabha constituency, on the Samajwadi Party ticket.[1] He stood for re-election from the same constituency in 2014, again as a member of the Samajwadi Party, but lost.[2]
Rakesh Sachan
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| Minister of MSME, Khadi, Village Industries, Sericulture, Textile Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 25 March 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Vinod Kumar Katiyar |
| Constituency | Bhognipur |
| Member of 15th Lok Sabha | |
| In office 16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Mahendra Prasad Nishad |
| Constituency | Fatehpur (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office March 2002 – March 2007 | |
| Constituency | Ghatampur |
| In office March 1993 – March 1996 | |
| Constituency | Ghatampur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1964-12-20) 20 December 1964 (age 59) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Bhartiya Janta Party (since 2022) |
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| Spouse | Seema Sachan |
| Children | 3 (2 Sons, 1 Daughter) |
| Alma mater | Kanpur University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Politician |
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Sachan switched political parties, and joined the Indian National Congress on 2 March 2019.[3] In the 2019 Indian general election he was a candidate from the Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency as a member of INC.[4]
In January 2022 he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and became the Cabinet Minister in the Second Yogi Adityanath ministry.[5] He contested from Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhognipur in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[6][7]
Sachan was born on 20 December 1964 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh to his father Udai Narayan Singh. He married Seema Sachan, they have two sons and one daughter. He did his early schooling from Kanpur. He attended the Kanpur University and attained Bachelor of Science.