Dara Singh Chauhan

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Dara Singh Chauhan (born 25 July 1963) is an Indian politician, currently serving as member of legislative council, and formerly represented the Madhuban (Assembly constituency) in Uttar Pradesh as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was former Cabinet Minister in Yogi Adityanath ministry. He also represented Ghosi in the 15th Lok Sabha, where he was leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party. In 16th Lok Sabha, he was defeated by Harinarayan Rajbhar who represented Bharatiya Janata Party by more than 140,000 votes. On 2 February 2015, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of party president Amit Shah in New Delhi. Soon after he joined BJP, he was made BJP Chauhan Morcha President and given the ticket to fight the MLA Election from Madhuban Constituency, where many people were rallying to get BJP ticket. He won election from Madhuban Constituency by more than 30,000 votes and was able to grow saffron for first time in this constituency and become cabinet minister in U.P. government.

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