Mukesh Bhakar
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
11 December 2018
Preceded byManohar Singh
ConstituencyLadnun
State President, Rajasthan Youth Congress
In office
7 April 2020 – 14 July 2020
Preceded byAshok Chandna
Succeeded byGanesh Ghogra
State President, National Student Union of India, Rajasthan
In office
31 January 2013 – 26 May 2015
National Secretary, National Student Union of India
In office
21 October 2015 – May 2017
Vice President, Rajasthan Youth Congress
In office
22 November 2017 – 6 April 2020
Personal details
Born (1988-11-20) 20 November 1988
Nagaur, Rajasthan, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Alma materUniversity of Rajasthan (BA)
University of Rajasthan (MA)

Mukesh Bhakar (born 20 November 1988) is an Indian politician. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Ladnun constituency of Nagaur district. He was president of the Rajasthan Youth Congress.[1][2] He represents Ladnun in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly[3] since 2018 As a member of Indian National Congress.[4] Bhakar served as state president of the National Students Union of India from 2013 to 2015,[5] which is student wing of Indian National Congress party. He was elected state president of Rajasthan Shooting Ball Association.

Early life

Mukesh Bhakar hails from a common Jat family. His father served Indian Army as a subedar. Bhakar completed his graduation and post graduation from the University of Rajasthan. He was influenced by the ideology of Bhagat Singh at a very young age and was actively engaged in social political work even as a student.

Political life

In 2013, Bhakar won the election for the State President of National Students' Union of India.[6] He successfully organised Congress's Student Wing in the state. NSUI made come back after 12 years in the largest university in Rajasthan under his leadership. After completion of his tenure he was nominated to be the national secretary. He contested his first election for Rajasthan Legislative assembly in 2018 for Ladnun assembly and won by a margin of 12,947 votes to his closest opponent three times MLA Thakur Manohar Singh of Bharatiya Janata Party.[7] In February 2020, Bhakar won the election for the state president of Indian Youth Congress, Rajasthan, beating his nearest rival Amardeen by 9872 votes.

Positions held

YearPosition
2009-10Unit President, National Students Union of India, University of Rajasthan
2013–15State President, National Students Union of India, Rajasthan
2015-17National Secretary, National Students Union of India
2017-Cont.PCC Member, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee
2017-Cont.AICC Member, All India Congress Committee
2018-20State Vice President, Rajasthan Youth Congress
2018- Cont.Member, Fifteenth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly[8]
2018-Cont.Member, Committee on Petitions Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
2020-20State President, Rajasthan Youth Congress
2020-Cont.State President, Rajasthan Shooting Ball Association

References

  1. ↑ "यूथ कांग्रेस चुनाव: प्रदेशाध्यक्ष के परिणाम में बड़ा उलटफेर, MLA मुकेश भाकर विजेता घोषित". News18 Hindi.
  2. ↑ "राजस्थान: बर्ख़ास्तगी के बाद और तेज हुई बग़ावत, IYC अध्यक्ष ने कहा- चुनाव जीत कर बना हूं, गहलोत होते कौन हैं हटाने वाले?". Jansatta. 14 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Rajasthan Legislative Assembly". rajassembly.nic.in.
  4. ↑ "Indian National Congress Party". rajpcc.com.
  5. ↑ https://www.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-JAI-mukesh-bhakar-became-the-state-chief-of-nsui-4164425-NOR.html%7Ctitle=NSUI
  6. ↑ "NSUI के प्रदेशाध्यक्ष बने मुकेश भाकर". Dainik Bhaskar. 31 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Ladnun Assembly constituency (Rajasthan): Full details, live and past results". News18.
  8. ↑ "Mukesh Kumar Bhakar INC Candidate 2018 विधानसभा चुनाव परिणाम Ladnun". Amar Ujala (in Hindi).
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