Vikas Upadhyay
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Vikas Upadhyay
|image=Vikas Upadhyay..President, District Congress Committee- Raipur City (cropped).jpg
|party=Indian National Congress
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|11|5|df=y}}
|office=Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
|termstart = 2018
|termend = 2023
|predecessor = Rajesh Munat
|successor = Rajesh Munat
|constituency = Raipur City West
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Vikas Upadhyay (born 5 November 1975) is an Indian politician from Chhattisgarh. He is a former Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly representing Raipur City West.
Early life
He was born to a farmer's family in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. He came from a non-political background but was attracted to politics from a young age.
He joined the National Students Union of India (NSUI) during his early days of school in 1994. He became the President of NSUI Block, Raipur, was elected as the President of the College Unit and became the District President NSUI. He joined the National Committee as the Secretary, NSUI.[https://theynews.co.in/Breakingnews.asp?Details=26]{{dead link|date=November 2012}} He led the states of Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. He was elected as the President of the NSUI for the state of Chhattisgarh.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2004/01/30/stories/2004013008450400.htm | title=Briefly| date=30 January 2004 |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=2 July 2018}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Political career
He was inducted into the Indian Youth Congress national committee as Secretary in 2009,[http://www.kashmirtimes.com/archive/0901/090118/JRegion.htm]{{dead link|date=November 2012}} travelling the states of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Tripura and the union territory of Chandigarh.
After a year as the Secretary of All India Youth Congress, he was made General Secretary of the All India Youth Congress {{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rahul-Gandhi-revamps-IYC-core-team/articleshow/6245945.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104084123/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-02/india/28280162_1_general-secretary-rahul-gandhi-iyc|url-status=live|archive-date=2012-11-04|title=Rahul Gandhi revamps IYC core team|author=TNN|date=2010-08-02|work=The Times of India|access-date=2012-11-19}} in April 2010 when Rajiv Satav became the National President of Indian Youth Congress. He then led Delhi, Gujarat, and Daman Diu.[http://iyc.in/sns/pg/groups/510500/iyc-national-committee/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230045409/http://iyc.in/sns/pg/groups/510500/iyc-national-committee/|date=30 December 2010}}
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Category:People from Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Category:Chhattisgarh politicians