Ragini Sonkar

Ragini Sonkar (born 11 December 1990) is an Indian physician and politician serving as a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from Machhlishahr representing the Samajwadi Party.^[1][2][3] She is the daughter of politician Kailash Nath Sonkar.^[1]

Ragini Sonkar
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 March 2022
Preceded by	Jagdish Sonkar
Constituency	Machhlishahr
Personal details
Born	(1990-12-11) 11 December 1990 (age 34) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Samajwadi Party
Spouse	Sambit Malik ​ (m. 2020)​
Parent	Kailash Nath Sonkar (father)
Residence(s)	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma mater	R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (MBBS) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (MD)
Profession	Physician

Personal life

Sonkar was born to politician Kailash Nath Sonkar in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on 11 December 1990.^[4][5] She did her MBBS from R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, where she worked briefly, and then completed Doctor of Medicine with specialisation in Ophthalmology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.^[1][6] Sonkar married Sambit Malik, a physician on 4 February 2020.^[4]

Political career

In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Sonkar represented Samajwadi Party as a candidate from Machhlishahr constituency and went on to defeat Bharatiya Janata Party's Mehilal Gautam by a margin of 8,484 votes, succeeding own party member Jagdish Sonkar in the process.^[3][7]