Dinanath Bhaskar
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Dinanath Bhaskar
|image=
|caption=Dinanath Bhaskar
| constituency = Chandauli
| office = Minister of Uttar Pradesh
MLA, 12th Legislative Assembly
| term =1993–1995
| predecessor =
| successor =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1963|3|10}}
|birth_place = Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh, India
|residence =
|party = Bharatiya Janta Party (2015–present)
| otherparty =
- Bahujan Samaj Party (2009–2015)
- Samajwadi Party (1996–2009)
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|relations =
|children =
|alma_mater =
|profession = Politician
|nationality=Indian
|minister=Health Minister
|office2=MLA, 14th Legislative Assembly
|constituency2=Bhadohi
|office1=Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
|term1=2004 – 2007{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
|vice-chairman=
|term2=2002–2007
|office3=Minister of State
|term3=2002–2004
|office4=MLA, 17th Legislative Assembly
|constituency3=Aurai
|term_start4 = 2017
}}
Dinanath Bhaskar (born 10 March 1963){{citation needed|date=January 2019}} is an Indian politician active in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Once a close associate of Kanshi Ram, he was a founding member of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and was Minister for Health during the state's coalition government of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and BSP in 1993. He quit the BSP to join the SP in 1996, rejoined the BSP around 2009 and in 2015 joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
In the 2017 state elections, Bhaskar was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Aurai constituency as a BJP candidate. This was his third successful election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
In the 2022 state election, Bhaskar repeated as MLA for the fourth time in the Legislative Assembly.
He is currently working on the Public Accounts Committee UP Legislative Assembly.
Career
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Once a close associate of Kanshi Ram,{{cite news |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/maya-clears-haze-a-loyal-dalit-will-run-up-if-bsp-captures-delhi/485250/0 |title=Maya clears haze: A loyal Dalit will run UP if BSP captures Delhi |first=Sanjay |last=Singh |work=The Indian Express |date=5 July 2009 |accessdate=22 January 2019}} Dinanath Bhaskar was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from the Chandauli constituency in 1993 on a BSP ticket.{{cite web|url=http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/chandauli-constituencies/chandauli-.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124172452/http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/chandauli-constituencies/chandauli-.aspx|archive-date=24 January 2012|url-status=dead|title=Chandauli Election Results, Chandauli Constituency Map|access-date=29 April 2015}} Around that time he was noted as a controversial character in the caste-ridden politics of Uttar Pradesh, much disliked by upper castes for his alignment with Dalits and other minorities and his exhortations to them to become militant.{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19950531-uttar-pradesh-minister-wrongly-accused-in-chandauli-constituency-massacre-807334-1995-05-31 |work=India Today |title=Uttar Pradesh minister wrongly accused in Chandauli constituency massacre |first=Deepak |last=Gidwani |date=31 May 1995 |accessdate=22 January 2019}}
Bhaskar left the BSP after Mayawati accused Mulayam Singh Yadav of trying to induce support from Bhaskar.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} Standing as an SP candidate in the 1996 assembly elections, he lost the contest in the Bhadohi constituency to Purnmasi Pankaj of the BJP.{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1996-election-results.html |title=Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1996 |publisher=elections.in |accessdate=22 January 2019}}{{efn|The 12th Assembly of Uttar Pradesh was dissolved in October 1995 but the 13th Assembly did not convene until October 1996}} He then successfully contested the 2002 elections in the same constituency to become a Member of the Legislative Assembly for a second time. He lost the seat to the BSP candidate, Archana Saroj, in 2007{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/bhadohi.html|title=Bhadohi Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh|publisher=elections.in|accessdate=22 January 2019}} and left the party after being denied a Vidhan Sabha ticket in a 2009 by-election. He then re-joined the BSP and was made Coordinator of Allahabad zone, Mirzapur zone and Varanasi Zone respectively.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
Bhaskar resigned from the BSP on 4 April 2015, accusing it of selling its election candidacies,{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/bsps-founder-member-resigns-form-party-accuses-leadership-of-selling-tickets/|title=BSP founder member resigns from party; accuses leadership of selling tickets |work=The Indian Express|date=4 April 2015 |accessdate=29 April 2015}} and joined the BJP one month later.{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bsps-founder-member-deena-nath-bhaskar-joins-bharatiya-janata-party-760390 |title=BSP's Founder Member Deena Nath Bhaskar Joins Bharatiya Janata Party |publisher=Ndtv.com |date=4 April 2015 |accessdate=10 January 2017}} He won the Aurai constituency in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections as a BJP candidate.{{cite news |title=Uttar Pradesh election results 2017: Full list of constituencies and winning candidates |work=The Financial Express |date=24 April 2017 |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/uttar-pradesh-election-results-full-list-of-constituencies-and-candidates-winner-list/580549/ |accessdate=22 January 2019}}
Offices held
- 1993 to 1995: Member of Legislative Assembly Chandauli
- 2002 to 2007: Member of Legislative Assembly Bhadohi
- 1993: Health, Health Education, Family welfare and Village Development Minister (Uttar Pradesh){{Cite web|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_hi.aspx#/Data/12730/17|title = सदस्य उत्तर प्रदेश विधान सभा}}
- 2003 to 2004: Minister of State{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/List-of-Mulayams-ministers/articleshow/215336.cms |title=List of Mulayam's ministers |work=The Times of India |date=4 October 2003 |accessdate=10 January 2017}}
- 2004 to 2007: Chairman Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) Commission, Uttar Pradesh
- 2002 to 2007: Member, Joint Standing Committee Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribe and extinct Castes (Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly)
- March 2017 – 2022: BJP MLA for Aurai
- 2017 to Present: Member, Joint Standing Committee Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribe and extinct Castes (Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly){{Cite web|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Committee/Samitiyan_hi.aspx#/vartamaan_samitiyan|title=विधान सभा उत्तर प्रदेश}}
- 2018–Present: Member State working Committee BJP Uttar Pradesh{{Cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/bhadohi-news/bjp-given-gorakhnath-pandey-big-role-before-2019-loksabha-election-2352036/|title = भाजपा ने खेला ब्राह्मण कार्ड, गोरखनाथ पांडेय सहित कई नेता को दी बड़ी जिम्मेवारी | BJP given Gorakhnath Pandey big role before 2019 Loksabha election|date = 11 February 2018}}
- 2022–Present : 4th Time MLA Aurai Bhadohi
- 2022–Present : Member of Public Accounts Committee, UP Legislative Assembly
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Category:People from Chandauli district
Category:Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh
Category:Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh
Category:State cabinet ministers of Uttar Pradesh
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022
Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1993–1996