Succeeded by Chattra Pal Verma | Preceded by Prakash Naraian Constituency Jahanabad | |
Born 10 January 1956 (age 61)Lahuri Sarai, Jahanabad, Fatehpur ( 1956-01-10 ) Education Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University | ||
Naresh Uttam (born January 10, 1956 in Lahuri Sarai, Jahanabad, Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh) is a leader of the Samajwadi Party. and member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. He first became an MLA as a Janata Dal candidate in 1989 and is one of the founding members of theSamajwadi Party. Currently he is the President of of Uttar Pradesh State for Samajwadi Party, second only to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in the organisational setup in party state unit. With his clean image and educated background (post-graduate from Kanpur University, he has earned a reputation of grass-root leader with wider following among the dominant Kurmi caste voters. His elevation to such an important position indicates Party's new inclusive agenda that can help change image of the Party. He was the Minister in first Mulayam Government from 1989 to 1991 and three times Member of UP Legislative House. He was member of the Backward Class Commission and also member of the Janeshawar Mishra Trust. He was appointed Deputy when CM Akhilesh was UP party chief of SP, however when Shivpal Yadav became party chief, he was removed. He belongs to Dominant Kurmi OBCs caste of UP and has been considered to be close to Mulayam Singh Yadav.
He is also one of the founding MLAs of Samajwadi Party. Being a loyalist and stalwart leader of OBCs, he has been entrusted with the screening of candidates for the 2017 state elections.
