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Who is Keshav Prasad Maurya?

Keshav Prasad Maurya is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who serves as the Deputy Chief Minister (CM) of Uttar Pradesh. He is also an MP from the Phulpur parliamentary constituency of Prayagraj.
 
Maurya was born on May 7, 1969, in Kaushambi district to Dhanapati Devi and Late Shyamlal Maurya. His father was a farmer and had a tea shop in Sirathu Nagar and his mother is a housewife. Maurya has two brothers -- Sukh Lal and Rajendra Kumar and three sisters -- Sumitra Devi, Kamlesh Kumari and Asha Devi.
He got married in 1985 to Rajkumari Devi and the couple has two sons Ashish Kumar Maurya and Yogesh Kumar Maurya.
 
The politician attended junior high school in Sirathu Nagar and then secondary school in Osa. To support the family during the financial crisis, he used to sell newspapers and help his father at the tea stall. Later, he studied Hindi Literature at the Hindu Sahitya Sammelan in Prayagraj.
 
Career
 
Since 1980s, Keshav Prasad Maurya has been associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). He was instrumental during the cow-protection and Ram Janmabhoomi movements. He also led the group of Kar Sewak for the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya in 1990.
 
In 2012, Maurya was the first BJP MLA from Sirathu Tahseel. As BJP's Phoolpur MP, he headed the ministries of public works department (PWD), food processing, entertainment tax and public enterprises department.
 
He was elected as an MP from the Phulpur constituency in 2014, prior to that, he had contested the 2002, 2007 and 2012 assembly elections. Maurya was appointed the state president of BJP in UP in 2016. A year later, he became the deputy CM of the state.

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Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday said Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav should not try to gain sympathy by claiming that he can get arrested.

Updated On: 23 Mar 2023 | 1:38 PM IST

UP Deputy CM said the state has the best policies in every field, including security, and many big investment proposals have come through the Global Investors Summit-2023 (GIS-2023) here

Updated On: 11 Feb 2023 | 6:11 PM IST

He further said that SP appeared to have no faith in democratic values and also accused the party and its leaders of an anti-Dalit and anti-women mentality

Updated On: 15 Dec 2022 | 10:30 AM IST

Maurya said that the BJP government has done the work of ending the terror of Azam Khan

Updated On: 29 Nov 2022 | 10:23 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Friday called Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav the "kingpin" of criminals, rioters and mafia.

Updated On: 01 Oct 2022 | 8:11 AM IST

UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya has hit back at Akhilesh Yadav's advice to him to cross over on pattern of what happened in Bihar

Updated On: 08 Sep 2022 | 6:51 AM IST

Before the Mahakumbh in 2025, the airport in Prayagraj will be made an international facility, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has said

Updated On: 03 Sep 2022 | 7:07 PM IST

He was recently appointed the the BJP legislature party leader in the Legislative Council in place of Swatantra Dev Singh

Updated On: 22 Aug 2022 | 8:50 AM IST

'Akhilesh Yadav jee, you are not able to tolerate the growing stature of any leaders of the backward class. You want that there should be no bigger OBC leader, and you are anti-backward,' Maurya said.

Updated On: 24 Jul 2022 | 12:06 AM IST

UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya tweeted, "The lotus (BJP) will definitely bloom in the Telangana assembly elections in 2023."

Updated On: 02 Jul 2022 | 6:48 PM IST

For the Congress an individual takes precedence over the country, alleged Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya as he slammed the party for holding demonstrations

Updated On: 16 Jun 2022 | 8:41 AM IST

BJP's nine candidates, including Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, on Thursday filed their nominations for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections

Updated On: 09 Jun 2022 | 1:53 PM IST

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait said the Uttar Pradesh government should now work to provide security, compensation and justice to the aggrieved farmers

Updated On: 18 Apr 2022 | 2:44 PM IST

The BJP had promised in its election manifesto for the 2022 assembly elections that it would provide houses to poor families

Updated On: 07 Apr 2022 | 5:08 PM IST

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will head Home, Vigilance and Personnel among the 25 departments with him as the portfolios of the new BJP-led government in Uttar Pradesh were announced on Monday

Updated On: 28 Mar 2022 | 9:26 PM IST

Jalaun Superintendent of Police said the deputy CM's son, along with his three companions, was travelling in an SUV and it collided with a tractor coming from the opposite direction on the highway

Updated On: 26 Mar 2022 | 8:16 PM IST

In what could be seen as a growing stature of Keshav Prasad Maurya, the BJP has retained him as deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, despite losing the poll from Sirathu assembly constituency

Updated On: 26 Mar 2022 | 12:55 PM IST

BJP insiders say Maurya helped his parents in agricultural work, ran a tea shop and also sold newspapers in his early days

Updated On: 25 Mar 2022 | 5:37 PM IST

The swearing-in ceremony was held at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium, the venue having the capacity to accommodate 50,000 people

Updated On: 25 Mar 2022 | 5:38 PM IST

UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya on Sunday offered prayers at his residence saying that the people will make 'son of Sirathu' win with a big margin of votes as voting for phase 5 assembly polls start

Updated On: 27 Feb 2022 | 8:40 AM IST