Hardwar Dubey was an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. |
He served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. |
Hardwar Dubey was also the Finance Minister of Uttar Pradesh in the Kalyan Singh Ministry. |
He spent his childhood in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. |
While in college, he worked as an RSS district campaigner in Sitapur, Ayodhya, and Shahjahanpur. |
In 1969, he became the organizational minister of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad in Agra. |
He was the Minister of the Metropolitan Unit and President of the Metropolis during a BJP national convention in 1983. |
In 1989, he won the cantonment seat, previously held by the Congress party since independence. |
After his successful 1991 election, he became Minister of State for Institutional Finance in the state. |
He resigned from the ministerial position amid controversies within a year. |
Despite electoral challenges, he remained influential within the party. |
Hardwar Dubey faced defeats in the 2005 Kheragarh assembly and Agra-Firozabad Legislative Council elections. |
He became State Spokesperson in 2011 and State Vice President in 2013. |
On 26 November 2020, he was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. |
Hardwar Dubey passed away on 26 June 2023, at 4:30 am, at Fortis Hospital in Delhi. |
He was admitted the previous night after complaining of sudden chest pain at 74 years old. |
Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressed condolences for his sudden demise on Twitter. |