Harvindar Kumar Sahani

Harvinder Kumar Sahani also known as Romi Sahni is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th and Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in India.[1][2] He represents the Palia constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party till 2016, when he joined the Bhartiya Janata Party.[3][4]

Harvinder Kumar Sahni
MLA in 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
March 2017
Preceded bySelf
ConstituencyPalia
MLA in 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
In office
March 2012  March 2017
Preceded byRajesh Kumar
Succeeded bySelf
ConstituencyPalia
Personal details
Born (1965-02-11) 11 February 1965[1]
Lakhimpur Kheri district[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyBhartiya Janta Party[1] (2016– present)
Other political
affiliations
Bahujan Samaj Party (2012–2016)
ResidenceLakhimpur Kheri district
Alma materChhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University[2]
ProfessionPolitician & businessperson

Early life and education

Harvindar Kumar Sahani was born in Lakhimpur Kheri district. He attended the Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University and attained Bachelor's degree.[1][2]

Political career

Harvindar Kumar Sahani has been a MLA since he represented the Palia constituency in 2012 as a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party.[2][1]

In Sep. 2016 Sahani left the Bahujan Samaj Party and joined Bhartiya Janata Party.[5] In Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh 2017 he again represented the Palia constituency as a member of Bhartiya Janata Party defeating INC candidate Saif Ali Naqvi by a record margin of 69,228 votes.[6]

Posts held

#FromToPositionComments
0120122017Member, 16th Legislative Assembly
0220172022Member, 17th Legislative Assembly
032022IncumbentMember, 18th Legislative Assembly

See also

References

  1. "Member Profile" (PDF). Legislative Assembly official website. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  2. "Candidate affidavit". My neta.info. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  3. "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  4. "All MLAs from constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  5. "Uttar Pradesh: Four more BSP MLAs join BJP". The Indian EXPRESS. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  6. "Palia Election Results 2017". elections.in. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
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