Ritesh Pandey was born on 3 April 1981 and is an Indian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament from Ambedkar Nagar constituency.
14 Facts About Ritesh Pandey
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Ritesh Pandey was a MLA from Jalalpur constituency in Ambedkar Nagar district, which he represented between June 2017 and May 2019 before elected as MP in.
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Ritesh Pandey was appointed the Leader of the BSP in the Lok Sabha in January 2020.
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Ritesh Pandey's father is a former Member of Parliament from Ambedkar Nagar.
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Ritesh Pandey's older brother, Ashish Pandey is a real estate businessman.
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Ritesh Pandey graduated with a bachelor's degree in international business management from the European Business School in London in the year 2005.
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In 2012, Ritesh Pandey unsuccessfully contested the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, losing to Sher Bahadur Singh from the Samajwadi Party.
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Ritesh Pandey has been ranked 19th in the Parliamentary Business Survey among 539 MPs in the country.
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Ritesh Pandey is the youngest MP to appear in the Top-20.
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Ritesh Pandey has got an excellent grade for the expenditure incurred on development works.
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Ritesh Pandey serves as Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Papers Laid on the Table of the House.
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Ritesh Pandey is an active member of multiple parliamentary committees such as the Standing Committee on External Affairs, the Joint Parliamentary Committee to examine the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 and the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Biological Diversity Bill 2021.
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Ritesh Pandey is the chairman of the Raghuraji Devi Foundation Trust who works on reforming education and promoting youth cultural events.
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Ritesh Pandey is the co-founder and CEO of Awadh Mutineers, a grassroots sports initiative that trains and supports underprivileged children for playing football.