Satyanarayan Patel

Satyanarayan Patel is an Indian politician and national secretary of the Indian National Congress party, incharge of Uttar Pradesh.

Political career In February 2014, Satyanarayan Patel won the internal party election process also known as primaries to select the Congress candidate for the Indore Lok Sabha constituency. He was the first candidate to win such election. However, he later lost the Lok Sabha election to BJP candidate Sumitra Mahajan.

He has shouldered various responsibilities within party and in government:

Year Position 2018 Ex. Member of Legislative Assembly (Indore Constituency 5) 2013–2018 Ex. Member of Legislative Assembly (Depalpur) 2008–2013 Member of Legislative Assembly (Depalpur) 1998–2003 Member of Legislative Assembly (Indore Constituency 5) 1997–1998 National President, Association of District Panchayat 1994–1997 President, Indore District Panchayat 1995–1996 President, Madhya Pradesh Congress Panchayat Cell 1991–1993 General Secretary, Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress 1990–1991 General Secretary, Indore Youth Congress 1989 Elected Deputy Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat, Indore

Fake allegation In October 2013, just before assembly election in Madhya Pradesh, a sleaze CD surfaced featuring Satyanarayan Patel. However, the matter was immediately reported to the concerned authorities and the authenticity of the video was investigated by forensic lab in New Delhi. The report stated that the video was fake. Subsequently, three people were arrested by the police under cyber law for morphing.