Govardhan Upadhyay

Goverdhan Upadhyay (22 September 1943 – 5 November 2020) was an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress party.

Govardhan Upadhyay
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2013[1] – 5 November 2020
Preceded by	Laxmikant Sharma[2]
Constituency	Sironj
Personal details
Born	(1943-09-22)22 September 1943
Died	5 November 2020(2020-11-05) (aged 77)
Citizenship	India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Savitri Upadhyay
Residence	Anandpur
Education	LLB[3]
Alma mater	Barkatullah University
Profession	Politician

Career

Govardhan Upadhyay was elected MLA for Sironj Madhya Pradesh Constituency with Indian National Congress ticket in 1984 and 2013. He was also involved in village state politics where he was sarpanch, Zila Parishad president. He was very active in social work from childhood. He was one of the founder trustees of Shree Sadguru Seva Sang Trust Aanandpur Madhya Pradesh and Chitrkut.

He was MLA for Sironj Legislative Constituency twice.^[4]

Personal life

Married to late Savitri Upadhyay, he had four sons and three daughters.

Education - BA LLB

Profession - farmer, politician