Anupriya Patel

Apna Dal (Sonelal)

DOB 28 Apr 1981

Age 44 years

birth palce Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

profession Politician, teacher, social worker

Anupriya Patel biography

Anupriya Patel is a prominent political leader from Uttar Pradesh and the president of the political party, “Apana Dal (Sonelal).” She is the incumbent Member of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur Lok Sabha constituency. She was born on April 28, 1981, in a politically active family. Her father, the late Soney Lal Patel, was the founder of Apna Dal, a political party based in Uttar Pradesh. Patel's educational background includes a Master's degree in Psychology and an MBA.

Her political career began when she was elected as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the Rohaniya constituency in Varanasi in 2012. Subsequently, she contested the 2014 general elections in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and won as a Member of Parliament from the Mirzapur constituency. She retained her seat in both the 2019 and 2024 Lok Sabha elections, becoming the three-time sitting MP from the seat.

Her leadership qualities were recognised when she became the Apna Dal (Sonelal) after her father’s demise in 2016. She also became the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare from 2016 to 2019. She held the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry of India position from July 7, 2021, to June 9, 2024.

Anupriya Patel personal life

Father

Late Dr. Soney Lal Patel

Mother

Krishna Patel

Spouse

Ashish Patel

Education

PG Diploma in Counselling Psychology, MBA, B.A.

News

ANUPRIYA PATEL NEWS

Despite colleges getting shut, amid India-Pak tensions, Chandigarh's GMCH-32 goes ahead with convocation

May 09, 2025 10:04 am

According to sources, it is expected that the event will hold a gathering of nearly 250-300 people, including the whole faculty, students of the GMCH, and the alumni, in the college auditorium.

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Union MoS Anupriya Patel backs husband as he repeats allegations against UP STF

January 03, 2025 9:29 am

Both Anupriya and Ashish Patel, a minister in the Yogi government, emphasise that their leader is PM Narendra Modi; Anupriya says “won’t tolerate insult to any Apna Dal worker”

Yogi minister and Apna Dal ally claims threat to life from Uttar Pradesh STF

January 02, 2025 5:09 am

Ashish Patel says he knows who is actually behind the allegations of corruption and irregularities in department under him raised by estranged sister-in-law

UP CM Adityanath holds talks with ally Anupriya Patel’s sister, rival Pallavi

July 27, 2024 6:45 pm

The meeting comes at a time when Anupriya has appeared to question the UP government twice in as many months.

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Anupriya Patel at Idea Exchange: 'We are allies in NDA and allies don’t need to bargain. The PM is there to listen to us'

July 15, 2024 9:27 pm

Other important initiatives are the Free Diagnostics Service Initiative and the Free Drugs Service Initiative under the National Health Mission (NHM).

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Jan Swabhiman Diwas event: In first meeting after LS poll results, Anupriya flags ‘shortcoming’; slams Opp

July 03, 2024 4:46 am

Anurpiya Patel pointed out that the main question is why the opposition was successful in spreading such kind of “false fear” in the mind of a section of the deprived.

Yogi govt to Union MoS: Quota seats not turning ‘unreserved’, no interview rejection as ‘not suitable’

June 30, 2024 3:34 am

In her letter to UP CM, Apna Dal (Soneylal) chief Anupirya Patel has demanded an end to SC/ST/OBC recruitment posts becoming “unreserved”, flagging “rising anger” among these communities.

Mirzapur Lok Sabha constituency: Apna Dal (S)'s Anupriya Singh Patel vs SP's Rajendra S Bind

April 09, 2024 11:34 am

Anupriya Patel had won the Mirzapur constituency in the Lok Sabha elections 2019, securing 591564. SP’s Ramcharitra Nishad had secured 359556 votes.

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Delhi Confidential: 'I am sure... Shashi ji has never been anti-women'

September 22, 2023 7:04 am

A remark from Congress MP Shashi Tharoor that ISRO had a number of women scientists and engineers and they did not need reservation to be in the sector, during a discussion on the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, irked Union Minister Anupriya Patel who said the statement was “not very appropriate”.

Tripura’s export volume with Bangladesh has grown in recent years, says Union Minister Anupriya Patel

September 14, 2023 4:36 pm

Anupriya Patel who is on a two-day visit to Tripura; visited the Sepahijala district; said the Centre aims a target bring two lakh hectares of land area in northeast region under rubber plantation

Among dead in Vijay rally stampede, young mother, couple set to marry

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A rally by actor-politician Vijay in Velusamypuram ended tragically with 40 deaths in a stampede. Non-political workers gathered to see the superstar, but exhaustion, heat, and poor planning caused chaos. People collapsed, ambulances couldn't reach, and police presence was inadequate. Vijay's team ignored instructions, and the narrow roads and insufficient crowd control added to the tragedy.

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