Nakul Dubey
| Nakul Dubey | |
|---|---|
| Former Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| Education | L.L.B. |
Nakul Dubey is an Indian politician from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and a former urban development minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh when Mayawati was Chief Minister.[1]
Before joining politics in 2007, Dubey was an advocate by profession, practising in Lucknow High Court. He was also elected as a member of the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh in 2006, securing the maximum votes in the state.
Dubey quit his career as a lawyer in 2007 and contested the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha elections in the Mahona constituency as a BSP candidate. He was Minister of Urban Development, Environment and Prohibition during 2007-12.
In 2012, Dubey contested the Legislative Assembly elections in Bakshi Kaa Talab constituency , Lucknow district. He lost by a margin of few hundred votes.
Subsequently, in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Dubey stood as a candidate in the Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency. Again, he did not win.
Dubey was given the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission Award for the best work in Kanpur.