Mata Prasad Pandey
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mata Prasad Pandey
| image = Mata Prasad Pandey.jpg
| caption = Hon'ble LOP Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1942|12|31}}
| birth_place = Itwa, United Provinces, British India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = 33rd Leader of the Opposition
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| governor = Anandiben Patel
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = Yogi Adityanath
| term_start = 28 July 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = Akhilesh Yadav
| successor =
| office1 = 15th Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| predecessor1 = Sukhdev Rajbhar
| successor1 = Hriday Narayan Dikshit
| office2 =
| predecessor2 = Keshari Nath Tripathi
| successor2 = Sukhdev Rajbhar
| constituency2 =
| nationality = Indian
| sibling =
| spouse = Suryamati Pandey
| parents = Gomti Prasad Pandey (Father)
| party = Samajwadi Party
| children = One Son, Five Daughters
| residence = Piraila, Siddharth Nagar
| alma_mater = Gorakhpur University
| occupation = Politician
| profession = Agriculturist
| signature =
| website =
| footnotes =
| termstart1 = 13 April 2012
| termend1 = 30 March 2017
| termstart2 = 26 July 2004
| termend2 = 18 May 2007
| termstart3 = 10 March 2022
| termend3 =
| predecessor3 = Satish Chandra Dwivedi
| predecessor4 = Mohammed Muqueem
| termstart4 = 26 February 2002
| termend4 = 19 March 2017
| successor3 =
| successor4 = Satish Chandra Dwivedi
| constituency4 =
| office3 = Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| termstart5 = 9 June 1980
| termend5 = 22 June 1991
| constituency5 = Itwa
| predecessor5 = Vishwanath Pandey
| successor5 = Mohammed Muqueem
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = Akhilesh Yadav
| 1namedata2 = Mulayam Singh Yadav
}}
Mata Prasad Pandey (born 31 December 1942){{Cite web|url=http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/web/guest/prev_speaker_mata-prasad-pandey11|title=Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Prev_Speaker_Mata-Prasad-Pandey1|website=www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in|access-date=4 February 2020}} is an Indian politician and former Speaker of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for two terms.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/former-up-assembly-speaker-mata-prasad-pandey-gets-eviction-notice-550426|title=Ex-UP Assembly speaker Mata Prasad Pandey gets eviction notice|last=Hardaha|first=Rashi|date=2019-09-18|website=www.indiatvnews.com|language=en|access-date=4 February 2020}} At present he is representing Itwa 305 constituency in Siddharthnagar of Uttar Pradesh. He is currently serving as the Leader of the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Career timeline
- Elected Member of the Legislative Assembly in 1980, 1985, 1989, 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2022
- Participated in several political movements and imprisoned several times for movement for upliftment of the poor and down trodden people of the society.
- He has been member of Assurance Committee, Petition Committee, Delegated Legislation Committee, Parliamentary Research, Reference and Studies Committee, Rules Committee, Question and Reference Committee, Business Advisory Committee, Privilege Committee and Public Accounts Committee of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
- Minister for Health in 1991 and Minister for Labour and Employment in 2003.
- Speaker, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 26.07.2004 to 18.05.2007
Political career
Pandey was a trusted man of Mulayam Singh Yadav and he has been jailed several times in his early political career. He was active in political protests since his student days. He won his first assembly election in 1980 as a candidate of Janata Party from Itwa Assembly constituency. He repeated this victory in 1985 and 1989, as a candidate of Lok Dal and Janata Party respectively. He lost the assembly elections of 1991 and 1996. In 1996, he was a candidate of Samajwadi Party. Pandey, however, was made minister of health in Mulayam Singh Yadav government in 1991 and in the year 1993, he was made minister for labour and employment. He registered four electoral victories in assembly elections of 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2022 thereafter.{{cite web|url=https://theprint.in/politics/caste-balance-non-controversial-seniority-acceptability-why-sp-made-mata-prasad-pandey-up-lop/2196253/|title=Caste balance, non-controversial, seniority, acceptability — why SP made Mata Prasad Pandey UP LoP |website=The Print|accessdate=31 July 2024}}
Pandey was a senior leader of Samajwadi Party, having served in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for multiple terms. In 2024, he was one of the most eligible contender for the post of leader of opposition besides Indrajeet Saroj and Shivpal Yadav in Samajwadi Party. However, he was chosen over others by party chief Akhilesh Yadav with the strategy to slice BJP's upper caste base. In July 2024, Pandey was formally appointed as the leader of opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/uttar-pradesh/by-appointing-pandey-as-lop-akhilesh-has-bjp-in-a-bind/article68462040.ece|title=By appointing Pandey as LoP, Akhilesh has BJP in a bind |website=The Hindu|accessdate=31 July 2024 |last1=Kumar |first1=Anuj }}
Conferences attended
- 50th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (Quebec City/Toronto) Canada: 2004.
- 58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference Colombo, Sri Lanka: 2012
References
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Category:Speakers of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2012–2017
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1980–1985
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1985–1989
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1989–1991
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2002–2007
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2007–2012
Category:State cabinet ministers of Uttar Pradesh
Category:Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh
Category:Janata Dal politicians
Category:Janata Party politicians