Sriram Chauhan

Sriram Chauhan (born 20 September 1953) is an Indian politician and member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Khajani constituency.^[2] He was the Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs in 1999 and the Minister of State, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution from 1999 to 2001 in the Third Vajpayee ministry.^[3] He was elected as MP to 13th Lok Sabha from Basti in Uttar Pradesh. He was imprisoned in the emergency^{[clarification needed]} in 1975.^[1][3][4]

Sriram Chauhan
Minister of State (Independent Charge) Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 21 August 2019 – 25 March 2022
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Ministry & Department's	Horticulture Agricultural Exports Agricultural Marketing Agricultural Foreign Trade
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2022
Preceded by	Sant Prasad
Constituency	Khajani
In office March 2017 – March 2022
Preceded by	Alagu Prasad Chauhan
Succeeded by	Ganesh Chandra
Constituency	Dhanghata
In office June 1991 – December 1992
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Lal Mani Prasad
Constituency	Hainsarbazar
In office December 1989 – April 1991
Preceded by	Genda Devi
Succeeded by	Himself
Constituency	Hainsarbazar
Union Minister of State Government of India
In office 13 October 1999 – 1 September 2001
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Ministry & Department's	Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (22 November 1999 - 1 September 2001) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (13 October 1999 - 22 November 1999)
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office October 1999 – May 2004
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Lal Mani Prasad
In office February 1998 – October 1999
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Himself
In office May 1996 – February 1998
Preceded by	Shyam Lal Kamal
Succeeded by	Himself
Constituency	Basti
Personal details
Born	(1953-09-20) 20 September 1953 (age 71) Khalilabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Gainda Devi ​ (m. 1971)​
Children	3
Residence(s)	Barhi Tola Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh
Alma mater	MA in Geography
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Politician agriculturist [1]

Personal life

Chauhan was born to Ram Naresh and Keshri Devi on 20 September 1953 in Khalilabad city of Basti district (now in Sant Kabir Nagar district) of Uttar Pradesh. He is a post-graduate and was educated at Kisan Snatakottar Mahavidyalaya, Basti. Chauhan married Gainda Devi in October 1971, with whom he has two daughters and a son. He is an agriculturist by profession.^[3]

Political career

Chauhan has been a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Since 2017, he has represented the Dhanghata constituency and is a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party. He is a former Member of parliament from Basti (Lok Sabha constituency) three straight times.

In 2017 elections he defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Algoo Prasad by a margin of 16,909 votes.^[5]

He has been appointed Minister of State (Independent Charge) in Yogi Adityanath ministry on 21 August 2019.^[6]

In 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Chauhan contested from Khajani constituency and defeated rival Rupawati Beldar of Samajwadi Party by 37,101 votes.^[2]

Posts held

#	From	To	Position	Comments
01	May 1996	February 1998	Member, 11th Lok Sabha
02	February 1998	October 1999	Member, 12th Lok Sabha
03	October 1999	May 2001	Minister of State for Affairs
04	October 1999	May 2004	Member, 13th Lok Sabha
05	March 2017	March 2022	Member, 17th Legislative Assembly	[5]
06	August 2019	Incumbent	Minister of State (Independent Charge), Uttar Pradesh Government	[7]