Who is Sanghmitra Maurya? BJP MP And Daughter Of Swami Prasad Maurya

While Swami Prasad Maurya, a well-known OBC politician of Uttar Pradesh, joined Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party (SP)after resigning as a minister in Yogi Adityanath's cabinet recently, his daughter Sanghmitra Maurya, a BJP MP from Badaun, appears to be on a more difficult political path.

Since being the first UP minister to raise a revolt banner against the ruling BJP, Maurya has been in the news. He and his son Utkrist joined the SP, promising to work against the saffron party in the next UP Assembly elections.

After her decision to stay a BJP MP, Sanghmitra, 37, is prepared for some political turmoil in the rough and tumble of UP politics, with both her father and brother being saffron party dissidents.

Sanghmitra made headlines last year when she was called for a caste-based census during the monsoon session of Parliament, putting the ruling BJP on the defensive. When in the earlier interview she was asked about Swami Maurya she indicated that he had not joined the Samajwadi Party or any other political party and that his next move will be announced in the upcoming days.  

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Who is Sanghmitra Maurya?

Sanghmitra Maurya is a politician from India who is presently serving in the 17th Lok Sabha. In the 2019 Indian general election, she was elected to the Lok Sabha as BJP member. She had defeated senior Samajwadi Party leader Dharmendra Yadav. In 2014, she sought office in Mainpuri as a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party, but Mulayam Singh Yadav beat her.

Sanghmitra entered politics a few years ago, leaving her career as an MBBS doctor to follow in her father's footsteps. Initially, she had joined the BSP with her father and brother. She joined Maurya and Utkrist after they switched from the BSP to the BJP in 2016.

Sanghmitra ran as a BJP candidate from Badaun, a traditional SP stronghold, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, far from her father's strongholds in eastern UP, and defeated Dharmendra Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav's cousin.

Her personal life

Maurya was born on January 3, 1985, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, to politicians Swami Prasad Maurya and Shiva Maurya. She is a follower of Buddhism. Her family converted to Buddhism from Hinduism. She graduated from ERA's Lucknow Medical College with an M.B.B.S. degree. Naval Kishore Shakya, her husband, joined the Samajwadi Party in 2018. They have a child together. Maurya filed for divorce in Lucknow on December 21, 2017, due to irreconcilable differences, and she was granted a divorce on January 19, 2021.

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