Tufani Saroj

Tufani Saroj (born 2 July 1956) is an Indian politician and a former Member of Parliament in 13th and 14th Lok Sabha from Saidpur, Ghazipur and 15th Lok Sabha from MachhliShahr, Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh respectively, India. He represents the MachhliShahr Constituency in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India and is a Member of Samajwadi Party.

Early life and education Tufani Saroj was born 2 July 1956 in Jaunpur District of Uttar Pradesh to his father Jangi and mother Mulana Devi. He married Munni Devi on 8 May 1986. They have four daughters and a son. He attended Baldeo Degree College, Baragaon, Varanasi for Bachelor of Arts.

Political career

Tufani Saroj is a Member of the Samajwadi Party and has won the 1999, 2004 & 2009 Indian general Elections from the Saidpur, Ghazipur and Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency) on Samajwadi Party ticket.

In 16th Loksabha (2014) Elections, Samajwadi Party again made him its candidate from Machhali Shahar (Lok Sabha Constituency). He contested election but lost in Narendra Modi wave, he lost to Bhartiya Janta Party Ram Charitra Nishad and stood on third with 191,387 (19.18%) votes.

Posts Held SL From To Position 1. 1999 2004 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha (1st term) from Saidpur, Ghazipur 2. 1999 2000 Member, Committee on Information technology 3. 2000 2001 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 4. 2001 2002 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation 5. 2004 2009 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term) from Saidpur, Ghazipur 6. 5 Aug. 2004 2009 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development 7. 1 Aug. 2007 2009 Member, Committee on Estimates 8. 5 Aug. 2007 2009 Member, Committee on Information Technology 9. 7 Aug. 2007 2009 Member, Committee on MPLADS 10. 2009 2014 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term) from MachhliShhar, Jaunpur 11. 6 Aug. 2009 2014 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2009-2010) 12. 31 Aug. 2009 2014 Member, Committee on Information Technology 13. 7 Oct. 2009 2014 Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme 14. 10 Mar. 2022 Elected to 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly from Kerakat, Jaunpur