Radha Mohan Das Agarwal

Dr. Radha Mohan Das Agrawal (born March 6, 1955) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Uttar Pradesh since July 5, 2022.

Dr. Agrawal was born on March 6, 1955, in Gorakhpur to Dau Das Agrawal.

He was elected president of the Junior Doctors Association in 1974 and later general secretary of the BHU Teachers Association (BHUTA).

He was then chosen as General Secretary of the Federation of Central University Teacher's Unions by profession.

Agrawal did his MBBS in 1976 and MD in pediatrics in 1981, both from the Banaras Hindu University.

Agrawal's political journey started during his college days when he joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and then later joined student politics.

In 1986, after resigning as Asst. Professor of BHU, he started a clinic in Gorakhpur, which was inaugurated by the National President of the then Janta Party, Mr. Chandra Shekhar, who became Prime Minister of India.

He was given responsibilities to lead Kashmir Bachao Manch, Swadeshi Jagran Manch, and Pragya Prawah as Vibhaag Sangyojak.

He served as a deputy secretary of Vishwa Samvad Kendra at Gorakhprant of RSS.

He married Ragini Agrawal on January 20, 1988, and he has a pediatrician daughter.

He is also a pediatrician.

His political activities started in 1998 at the invitation of Yogi Adityanath, the then Mahant of Gorakhnath Math.

He became his election convenor of Gorakhpur Urban (Assembly constituency) when Yogi was contesting as a BJP MP candidate from Gorakhpur for the first time.

Since 2002, he has represented Gorakhpur Urban (Assembly constituency) as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

In September 2022, BJP national president J. P. Nadda appointed him as in-charge of the BJP in Lakshadweep and as co-in-charge of the BJP in Kerala.

He has been appointed a Member of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Finance and a Member of the Standing Committee of Finance for 2022–23.

He has also been appointed as a member of the Hindi Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs since 2022.

He is nominated as a Member of the Council of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research and a Member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Jan Vishwas Bill 2022.

In March 2023, he was elected to the Member Standing Committee on Public Undertaking.

He was elected as an MLA from Gorakhpur Urban (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the 14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2002) from ticket of Hindu Mahasabha.

He defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Pramod Kumar Tekriwal by a margin of 18,448 (18.67%) votes.

Before the 2007 elections, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.

In the 15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2007) elections, he again contested from Gorakhpur Urban (Assembly constituency) and elected MLA by defeating Bhanu Prakash Mishra (Samajwadi Party) by a margin of 22,392 (24.66%) votes.

In his 3rd Vidhan Sabha election (2012), he won by a margin of 48,000, and in the fourth election in 2017, he again increased his margin to 62,000.

In 2022, the BJP high command decided to nominate Yogi Adityanath as an MLA candidate for Gorakhpur.

The BJP national president, Mr. JP Nadda, requested he vacate the seat, which he gladly accepted.

The BJP high command nominated him as a BJP candidate for the Rajya Sabha election on May 31 May 2022, which he won unopposed.

Recently, on April 4, 2023, Dr. Agrawal was acquitted of a criminal case under Articles 147, 323, 352, and 447 of the Indian Penal Code, and Articles 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, which Dr. Agrawal said was a result of political jealousy and rivalry.

Two other cases were also filed against him, but were later dropped.

Dr.Agrawal has been given the responsibility as Karnataka BJP Election In-charge for Loksabha Election-2024

and was a member of the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.