Kapil Dev Agarwal

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| office = Minister of Vocational Education & Skill Development
Government of Uttar Pradesh

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| 1namedata = Yogi Adityanath

| predecessor = Chetan Chauhan

| office1 = Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

| term_start1 = 2016

| constituency1 = Muzaffarnagar

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| birth_place = Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

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| parents = Rameshchand Agarwal (father)

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| party = Bhartiya Janta Party

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| children = 2 sons, 1 daughter

| residence = Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

| alma_mater = Graduation from Meerut University{{cite news|title=Candidate affidavit|publisher=My neta.info|accessdate=10 November 2018|url=http://www.myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=64}}

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Kapil Dev Agarwal is an Indian politician. He is a third-time M.L.A. from Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.{{Cite web |url=http://english.pradesh18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/how-jnu-video-helped-bjps-kapil-dev-sharma-win-bypoll-in-riot-hit-muzaffarnagar-877398.html |title=How JNU video helped BJP's Kapil Dev Sharma win bypoll in riot-hit Muzaffarnagar |publisher=Network 18 |date=5 March 2016 |accessdate=26 March 2016}}{{Cite news |author=Mishra, Vandita |title=Old meets new in riot shadow: 'pro-minority' seen as anti-national |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=5 March 2016 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/muzaffarnagar-riot-jnu-up-elections-old-meets-new-in-riot-shadow-pro-minority-seen-as-anti-national/ |accessdate=26 March 2016}} He belongs to Bhartiya Janata Party and he was also a former chairman of Muzaffarnagar Nagar Palika. He was appointed a Minister of State (independent charge) in the Yogi Adityanath led UP Government. He holds the portfolio of Skill Development and Vocational Education.

Political career

Kapil Dev Aggarwal is a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly {{Cite web |title=kapil-dev-agarwal in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022 |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2022/uttar-pradesh/kapil-dev-agarwal-muzaffar-nagar-candidate-s24a014c01/ |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=News18 |language=en}} and has earlier been part of the 16th and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Since 2016, he has represented the Muzaffarnagar constituency and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He defeated Gaurav Swaroop in the bypolls held in 2016 by a margin of 7,352 votes. He retained his seat when he again defeated Gaurav Swaroop in the assembly elections of 2017 by a margin of 10,704 votes and was sworn in as the Minister of Skill Development and Vocational Education in the first cabinet expansion of Yogi Adityanath led UP Government.

In 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections he defeated Saurabh Swaroop of SP-RLD alliance by a margin of 18,694 votes. He was reappointed the Minister of Skill Development and Vocational Education in Yogi Aadityanath Second Ministry.

Posts held

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No.FromToPositionComments
01February 2016March 2017Member, 16th Legislative Assembly{{cite web |title=Muzaffarnagar Election Results 2017 |url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/muzaffarnagar.html |work=elections.in |accessdate=10 November 2018}}
02March 2017March 2022Member, 17th Legislative Assembly
03March 2022IncumbentMember, 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly

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