Ragini_Sonkar

Ragini Sonkar

Ragini Sonkar

Indian politician

Ragini Sonkar (born 11 December 1990) is an Indian physician and politician serving as a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from Machhlishahr representing the Samajwadi Party.[1][2][3] She is the daughter of politician Kailash Nath Sonkar.[1]

Quick Facts Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Preceded by ...

Personal life

Sonkar was born to politician Kailash Nath Sonkar in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on 11 December 1990.[4][5] She did her MBBS from R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, where she worked briefly, and then completed Doctor of Medicine with specialisation in Ophthalmology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.[1][6] Sonkar married Sambit Malik, a physician on 4 February 2020.[4]

Political career

In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Sonkar represented Samajwadi Party as a candidate from Machhlishahr constituency and went on to defeat Bharatiya Janata Party's Mehilal Gautam by a margin of 8,484 votes, succeeding own party member Jagdish Sonkar in the process.[3][7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Dr. Ragini(Samajwadi Party(SP)):Constituency- MACHHLISHAHR (SC)(JAUNPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Machhlishahr Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Final Results LIVE: SP Candidate DR. RAGINI wins from Machhlishahr , Details Inside". ABP. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Uttar Pradesh-Machhlishahr". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Ragini Sonkar". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  5. [5]
    "मछलीशहर में रोड-शो निकालने पर सपा प्रत्याशी रागिनी पर आचार संहिता का केस दर्ज". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). 18 February 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  6. [6]
    "जौनपुर में 10वीं पास से लेकर MBBS डिग्री वाले विधायक:2 डॉक्टर चुने गए विधायक; किसी के पास एलएलबी की डिग्री तो कोई स्नातक पास". Dainik Bhaskar. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Machhlishahr Assembly Seat Results: सपा ने बनाया हैट्रिक, डा. रागिनी सोनकर ने लहराया परचम". News18 (in Hindi). 10 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Ragini_Sonkar, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.