Hriday Narayan Dikshit

Hriday Narayan Dikshit (born 25 December 1946) is an Indian politician and a former speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was a member of the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Seventeenth Vidhan Sabha, currently representing Bhagwantnagar (Assembly constituency) of Unnao district.

Hriday Narayan Dikshit received Padma Shri for literature and education in 2025.

Career

Hriday Narayan Dixit became an MLA from Bhagwantnagar in Unnao district, defeating BSP's Shashank Shekhar Singh by 53,366 votes.

Dixit is from Louva village of Purva tehsil in Unnao. He first became an MLA in 1985 after contesting as an Independent. In 1989, he became an MLA on a Janata Dal ticket. He later left the Janata Dal for the Samajwadi Party and in 1993, he was elected MLA for the third time. In 1995, during the SP-BSP coalition government, he was the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and the Minister of Panchayati Raj. From 2010 to 2016, he was a BJP Legislative Council member and party leader. Dixit won the Bhagwantnagar seat on a BJP ticket, becoming an MLA for the fourth time.

During The Emergency in India, which was imposed in the country from 26 June 1975 to 21 March 1977, Dixit was also imprisoned for 19 months.

Dixit is also a writer. His articles have been published in newspapers like The Hindu and Navbharat Times.

Other works Dixit also works as a journalist. He is an author and has written several books. His chief literary works are Madhu Abhilasha, Deen Dayal Upadhyay: Drashta, Drishti aur Darshan and Hind Swaraj ka Punarpaath.