Nakul Dubey
Former Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Political partyIndian National Congress
EducationLL.B.

Nakul Dubey[1][2][3][4] is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress and a former urban development minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh when Mayawati was Chief Minister.[5]

Before joining politics in 2007, Dubey was an advocate by profession, practising in Lucknow High Court. He was also elected as a member of the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh in 2006, securing the maximum votes in the state.

Dubey quit his career as a lawyer in 2007 and contested the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha elections in the Mahona constituency as a BSP candidate. He was Minister of Urban Development, Environment and Prohibition during 2007–12.

In 2012, Dubey contested the Legislative Assembly elections in Bakshi Kaa Talab constituency, Lucknow district. He lost by a margin of few hundred votes.

Subsequently, in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Dubey stood as a candidate in Lucknow. Again, he did not win.

Dubey was given the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission Award for the best work in Kanpur.

In the year 2019, he contested Lok Sabha elections from Sitapur on BSP seat but lost to Rajesh Verma of BJP.

In May 2022 he joined the Indian National Congress.[6]

Positions held

Year Description
2007- 2012 Elected to 15th Uttar Pradesh Assembly
  • Cabinet Minister - Urban Development (Excluding Urban Poverty Alleviation),
    Environment,Urban Holistic Development, Taxes and Registration
    (Excluding institutional finance, Stamp and court fee)

Electoral Performance

Year Election Party Constituency Name Result Votes gained Vote share% Margin
2007 15th UP Assembly BSP  Mahona Won 54,604 26.38% 2,177
2012 16th UP Assembly BSP  Bakshi Ka Talab Lost 77,730 35.88% 1,899
2014 16th Lok Sabha BSP  Lucknow Lost 64,449 6.23% 4,96,657
2017 17th UP Assembly BSP  Bakshi Ka Talab Lost 78,898 29.80 17,584
2019 17th Lok Sabha BSP  Sitapur Lost 4,13,695 38.86% 1,00,833

References

  1. ↑ https://www.amarujala.com/india-news/bsp-big-brahmin-face-nakul-dubey-joins-congress-party
  2. ↑ https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/after-expulsion-dubey-thanks-mayawati-for-setting-me-free-7873931/
  3. ↑ https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/congress-is-fighting-the-battle-of-farmers-students-and-unemployed-nakul-dubey-azamgarh-news-vns6799132162
  4. ↑ https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/news/azamgarh-congress-provincial-president-nakul-dubey-said-130459492.html
  5. ↑ "Nominations for Lucknow parliamentary seat begin today". Business Standard India. 2 April 2014.
  6. ↑ https://theprint.in/india/ex-bsp-minister-nakul-dubey-joins-congress/971705/


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