Umesh Meena
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Umesh Meena
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| alt = MLA Umesh Meena
| caption = Umesh Meena in 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|08|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Aspur, Dungarpur, Rajasthan, India
| party = Bharat Adivasi Party
| spouse = {{Marriage|Kamla Ahari|2022}}
| office = Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
| constituency = Aspur
| termstart = 3 Dec 2023
| occupation = Politician
| children = 1 (Unnati)
| parents = Ratan Lal Meena (father)
Ganga Devi (mother)
| nationality = {{flag|India}}n
| alma_mater = Mohanlal Sukhadia University (BA, LLB)
| predecessor = Gopichand Meena
}}
Umesh Meena (born 25 August 1993) is an Indian politician and a Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Aspur Assembly constituency as a Member of the Bharat Adivasi Party. He won the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election against Gopi Chand Meena, a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party by securing 93,168 votes.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-03 |title=Aspur Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: BADVP's Umesh Meena with 93168 defeats BJP's Gopichand |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/aspur-assembly-election-results-2023-live-2470774-2023-12-03 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=India Today |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-03 |title=Aspur, Rajasthan Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: Aspur सीट पर Umesh Meena ने Gopichand कोहराया |url=https://www.aajtak.in/elections/story/aspur-rajasthan-assembly-election-results-2023-live-1830545-2023-12-03 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=आज तक |language=hi}}
Education
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in 2015 from Mohanlal Sukhadia University. Later, he pursued and completed a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 2022 from the same university.{{cite web | url=https://assembly.rajasthan.gov.in/Attachments/PDF/16Affidavits/23.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702075611/https://assembly.rajasthan.gov.in/Attachments/PDF/16Affidavits/23.pdf | archive-date=2024-07-02 | title=Rajasthan Legislative Assembly }}
Political career
In 2023, he secured victory in the 2023 elections as Member of legislative Assembly from Aspur Constituency, defeating Gopichand Meena with a significant margin of 28,086 votes.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-03 |title=Aspur Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: BADVP's Umesh Meena with 93168 defeats BJP's Gopichand |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/aspur-assembly-election-results-2023-live-2470774-2023-12-03 |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=India Today |language=en}} Meena had previously contested the Aspur seat in the 2018 elections but failed to win by 5,300 votes.http://web.archive.org/web/20231113055457/https://ceorajasthan.nic.in/Vidhansabha%202018/DetailedResults.pdf
In addition to his role as an MLA, Meena currently serves as a Member of the Ethics Committee of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.{{Cite web |title=Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (Sr. No. 80) |url=https://assembly.rajasthan.gov.in/ErrorPage.aspx |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=assembly.rajasthan.gov.in}}