Pawan Pandey
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Pawan Kumar Pandey is an Indian politician & former Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Akbarpur constituency on Shiv Sena Ticket in Ambedkar Nagar district.[http://myneta.info/up2007/candidate.php?candidate_id=1836 My Neta][http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/babri-case-sp-mp-exsena-mla-surrender-before-court/1049179/ Babri case: SP MP, ex-Sena MLA surrender before court][https://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20070405/627052.html 3 brothers contesting UP poll under different parties]
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Pawan Kumar Pandey
| father =
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|01|21}}
| residence =
| source =
| birth_place = Kotwa Mohamadpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
| constituency = Akbarpur
| nationality = Indian
| office = Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| predecessor = Akbar Husain Babar
| mother =
| image = Ram Shyam Mishra with Pawan Pandey.jpg
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| term_start = 1991
| term_end = 1993
| relations = {{ubl|Rakesh Pandey {{small|(elder brother)}}|Ritesh Pandey {{small|(nephew)}}}}
| state_assembly =
| otherparty = {{ubl|Bahujan Samaj Party|Apna Dal|Lok Jan Shakti Party|Shivsena|Independent}}
| successor = Ram Achal Rajbhar
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Political Career
He was among those accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case arising from the destruction of a mosque in December 1992. He is alleged to have been involved in the planning of the demolition of the Babri Masjid under the leadership of Uma Bharti, Lal Krishna Advani, Ashok Singhal and other members of the Vishva Hindu Parishad.[http://www.firstpost.com/india/full-text-cobrapost-says-babri-masjid-demolition-planned-by-rss-bjp-1465485.html Cobrapost says Babri masjid demolition planned by RSS, BJP] He was elected as an MLA from the Akbarpur (Assembly constituency) during the 1991 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election on the ticket of Shiv Sena. He also contested Lok Sabha elections from Sultanpur Parliamentary Constituency in 1999 as an Independent candidate but lost by a margin of 44,033 votes after gaining 1,29,525 votes & in 2014 he fought on Bahujan Samaj Party ticket but lost by a margin of 1,78,902 after gaining 2,31,446 votes. After 1991 he fought 4 assembly elections and 2 parliament elections but didn't win.
Personal life
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His elder brother Rakesh Pandey (politician, born 1952) was Samajwadi Party MLA from Jalalpur and his younger brother Krishna Kumar Pandey alias Kakku Pandey contested a seat at Isoli in Sultanpur district as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. His nephew Ritesh Pandey was MP from Ambedkarnagar district and a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party from 2019-2024.[http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/india/power-shift-in-gangster-land Power Shift in Gangster Land] His son Prateek Pandey contested a seat at Katehri in 2022 Vidhan Sabha elections of Uttar Pradesh as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate.