Department of Parliamentary Affairs (Uttar Pradesh)

The Department of Parliamentary Affairs is an Uttar Pradesh government department. It is headed by state Cabinet Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.

Department of Parliamentary Affairs

संसदीय कार्य विभाग
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	State of Uttar Pradesh
Headquarters	Department of Parliamentary Affairs, Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhawan (Annexe Building), Sarojini Naidu Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh[1]
Ministers responsible	Suresh Kumar Khanna, Cabinet Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh, Minister of State of Parliamentary Affairs
Agency executives	Anand Shankar Srivastava, Principal Secretary Kaushlendra Yadav, Special Secretary
Website	Department of Parliamentary Affairs

It has the role of handling affairs related to the legislature of the state and works as a link between both the houses of the legislature, the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council).

Currently, Suresh Kumar Khanna, MLA from the Shahjahanpur constituency is serving as the Cabinet Minister of Parliamentary Affairs since March 2017. Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh is serving as the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs since March 2022.^[2]

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs मंत्री संसदीय कार्य विभाग
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Incumbent Suresh Kumar Khanna since 22 March 2017
Department of Parliamentary Affairs (Uttar Pradesh)
Style	The Honourable
Abbreviation	Cabinet Minister
Member of	Uttar Pradesh Council of Ministers Uttar Pradesh Legislature
Reports to	The governor Uttar Pradesh Legislature
Seat	Annexe Building, Lucknow
Appointer	The governor on the advice of Chief Minister
Term length	5 Years (Until left office earlier)
Precursor	Azam Khan 2012 - 2017
Deputy	Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs

List of Cabinet ministers

No	Image	Name	From	To	Duration	Chief Minister	Political Party
1.		Kalyan Singh	29 September 1997	14 January 1998	107 days	Kalyan Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
2.		Hukum Singh	15 January 1998	12 November 1999	4 years, 52 days
			20 November 1999	28 October 2000		Ram Prakash Gupta
			28 October 2000	8 March 2002		Rajnath Singh
3.		Sukhdev Rajbhar	3 May 2002	28 August 2003	1 year, 117 days	Mayawati	Bahujan Samaj Party
4.		Azam Khan	6 September 2003	13 May 2007	3 years, 249 days	Mulayam Singh Yadav	Samajwadi Party
5.		Lalji Verma	17 March 2007	7 March 2012	4 years, 356 days	Mayawati	Bahujan Samaj Party
(4).		Azam Khan	18 March 2012	17 March 2017	4 years, 364 days	Akhilesh Yadav	Samajwadi Party
6.		Suresh Kumar Khanna	19 March 2017	25 March 2022	8 years, 151 days	Yogi Adityanath	Bharatiya Janata Party
			25 March 2022	Incumbent

Source:^[3]

See also

• Uttar Pradesh Government
• Suresh Kumar Khanna
• Second Yogi Adityanath ministry