Rajesh Agrahari


Rajesh Kumar Agrahari is an Indian entrepreneur, industrialist and politician currently affiliated since 2014 with the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a former Samajwadi Party leader from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, who was expelled from the party by UP CM Akhilesh Yadav for his anti-party activities.

Business career

Rajesh Agrahari is Director of Rajesh Masala Private Limited from 13 February 2004 to present, is registered with Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India. He became Director of the company, Rajesh Milk Private Limited on 26 April 2012.

Politics

Rajesh was affiliated with Samajwadi Party till his expulsion in July 2014. He is president of the "Amethi Udyog Vypaar Mandal", a traders’ organisation. His wife Chandrama Devi Agrahari has been twice elected to Amethi Nagar Palika election.
He unsuccessfully contested 2007 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections from Amethi constituency of Sultanpur district, gained 20804 voted for SP.
Rajesh joined BJP on 28 December 2014 in presence of Union Minister for State Ram Shankar Katheria and UP-BJP President Laxmikant Bajpai.

Controversy and expelled from party

Agrahari had garlanded BJP leader and present Union Minister of Transport Nitin Gadkari when he was in Amethi district during the Lok Sabha polls. On 6 July 2014 Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav has expelled Samajwadi Party leader and industrialist Rajesh Agrahari for his anti-party activities from the party for six years.
Responding to the expulsion, Rajesh Masala head said, "SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav is like my father and he had asked me to join politics."