Satyanarayan Patel

Satyanarayan Patel is an Indian politician and national secretary of the Indian National Congress party, incharge of Uttar Pradesh.^[1][2]

Satyanarayan Patel
Member of Legislative Assembly from Madhya Pradesh
In office 1998–2003
Preceded by	Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat
Succeeded by	Mahendra Hardia
Constituency	Indore-5
In office 2008–2013
Succeeded by	Manoj Patel
Constituency	Depalpur
Personal details
Born	(1967-07-25) 25 July 1967 (age 58)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Anita Patel
Children	1 Son
Parent	Rameshwar Patel (father)
Residence	Indore
Education	Bachelor of Commerce
Profession	Politician
Website	Satyanarayanpatel.org
As of 27 July, 2018 Source: ["Biography:Patel, Satyanarayan" (PDF). Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.]

Political career

In February 2014, Satyanarayan Patel won the internal party election process also known as primaries to select the Congress candidate for the Indore Lok Sabha constituency. He was the first candidate to win such election.^[3] However, he later lost the Lok Sabha election to BJP candidate Sumitra Mahajan.^[4]

He has shouldered various responsibilities within party and in government:^[5][6]

Year	Position
2018	Ex. Member of Legislative Assembly (Indore Constituency 5)
2013–2018	Ex. Member of Legislative Assembly (Depalpur)
2008–2013	Member of Legislative Assembly (Depalpur)
1998–2003	Member of Legislative Assembly (Indore Constituency 5)
1997–1998	National President, Association of District Panchayat
1994–1997	President, Indore District Panchayat
1995–1996	President, Madhya Pradesh Congress Panchayat Cell
1991–1993	General Secretary, Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress
1990–1991	General Secretary, Indore Youth Congress
1989	Elected Deputy Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat, Indore

Fake allegation

In October 2013, just before assembly election in Madhya Pradesh, a sleaze CD surfaced featuring Satyanarayan Patel. However, the matter was immediately reported to the concerned authorities and the authenticity of the video was investigated by forensic lab in New Delhi. The report stated that the video was fake.^[7] Subsequently, three people were arrested by the police under cyber law for morphing.^[8]

See also

• Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• 2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
• 1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election