Umesh Meena

Umesh Meena
MLA Umesh Meena.jpg
Umesh Meena in 2024
Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 Dec 2023
Preceded byGopichand Meena
ConstituencyAspur
Personal details
Born (1993-08-25) 25 August 1993 (age 31)
Aspur, Dungarpur, Rajasthan, India
Nationality Indian
Political partyBharat Adivasi Party
Spouse
Kamla Ahari
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(m. 2022)​
Children1 (Unnati)
Parent(s)Ratan Lal Meena (father)
Ganga Devi (mother)
Alma materMohanlal Sukhadia University (BA, LLB)
OccupationPolitician

Umesh Meena (born 25 August 1993) is an Indian politician and a Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Aspur Assembly constituency as a Member of the Bharat Adivasi Party. He won the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election against Gopi Chand Meena, a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party by securing 93,168 votes.[1][2]

Education

He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in 2015 from Mohanlal Sukhadia University. Later, he pursued and completed a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 2022 from the same university.[3]

Political career

In 2023, he secured victory in the 2023 elections as Member of legislative Assembly from Aspur Constituency, defeating Gopichand Meena with a significant margin of 28,086 votes.[4] Meena had previously contested the Aspur seat in the 2018 elections but failed to win by 5,300 votes.[5]

In addition to his role as an MLA, Meena currently serves as a Member of the Ethics Committee of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Aspur Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: BADVP's Umesh Meena with 93168 defeats BJP's Gopichand". India Today. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Aspur, Rajasthan Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: Aspur सीट पर Umesh Meena ने Gopichand कोहराया". आज तक (in Hindi). 3 December 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Rajasthan Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Aspur Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: BADVP's Umesh Meena with 93168 defeats BJP's Gopichand". India Today. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  5. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20231113055457/https://ceorajasthan.nic.in/Vidhansabha%202018/DetailedResults.pdf
  6. ^ "Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (Sr. No. 80)". assembly.rajasthan.gov.in. Retrieved 2 July 2024.