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Rajesh Kumar Agrahari (Hindi: राजेश कुमार अग्रहरि) is an Indian entrepreneur, industrialist and politician currently affiliated with Bharatiya Janata Party. He is former Samajwadi Party leader from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, who is expelled from the party by UP CM Akhilesh Yadav for his anti-party activities. He is founder and CMD of Rajesh Masala, established in 1997. He is referred as Rajesh Masala because of his ‘Rajesh Masala’ brand of spices.
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- Yash Kumar Agrahari with Rajesh Agrahari fromAmethiRajesh mashala
- Business career
- Politics
- Controversy and expelled from party
- References
On December 28, 2014, Rajesh Agrahari joined Bharatiya Janata Party.
Business career
Rajesh Agrahari is Director of Rajesh Masala Private Limited from 13 February 2004 to present, is registered with Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India (MCA). He is also Director of Rajesh Milk Private Limited from 26 April 2012. Rajesh Milk Private Limited is a Private Company incorporated in April 2012.
Politics
Rajesh was affiliated with Samajwadi Party till his expulsion in July 2014. He is president of the "Amethi Udyog Vypaar Mandal", a traders’ organisation. His wife Chandrama Devi Agrahari is twice time elected to Amethi Nagar Palika election. He unsuccessfully contested Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, 2007 from Amethi constituency of Sultanpur district, gained 20804 voted for SP.
Rajesh joined BJP on 28 December, 2014 in presence of Union Minister for State Ram Shankar Katheria and UP-BJP President Laxmikant Bajpai.
Controversy and expelled from party
Former Samajwadi Party leader and businessman Rajesh Agrahari had garlanded BJP leader and present Union Minister of Transport Nitin Gadkari when he was in Amethi district during the Lok Sabha polls. On July 6, 2014 Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav has expelled Samajwadi Party leader and industrialist Rajesh Agrahari for his anti-party activities from the party for six years.
Responding to the expulsion, Rajesh Masala head said, “SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav is like my father and he had asked me to join politics.”