Brajesh Pathak


Brajesh Pathak is an Indian politician and Member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, Currently he served as Cabinet Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering service in the Uttar Pradesh Government. He is also Ex Member of Parliament of Unnao from 2004 to 2009.

Early life and education

Pathak was born on 25 June 1964 to Suresh Pathak in Mallawan, Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh. He is an Advocate by profession. He received a degree of Bachelor of Laws from University of Lucknow.

Political career

In 2004, Pathak was asked to work for the Bahujan Samaj Party and became the Member of Parliament. In the next few years he was entrusted with the responsibility of organising the party's activities for the entirety of Uttar Pradesh.
he joined Bhartiya Janta Party in presence of its national president Amit Shah and Union minister Mahesh Sharma in Lucknow.
In 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh elections, he elected Member of Legislative Assembly from Lucknow Central of Lucknow district in Uttar Pradesh. He defeated his nearest rival Samajwadi Party candidate Ravidas Mehrotra by a margin of 5,094 votes. After winning this high-profile seat, he appointed as Cabinet Minister of Law & Justice, Additional energy resources and Political pention in Government of Uttar Pradesh.
On 21 August 2019, after the first cabinet expansion of Yogi Adityanath his ministry department changed as Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering service.