Natwar Goyal is an Indian politician and former state minister of Uttar Pradesh. He is the current vice president of All India Vaish Federation.[citation needed] Goyal is a former chairperson of Khadi Gram Udyog.[1]
Natwar Goyal | |
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| Minister of State | |
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| Born | 17 August 1967 |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | natwargoyal |
Political career
editNatwar Goyal has started his political career in 2011 with Samajwadi Party. He was appointed as Minister of State of Uttar Pradesh Khadi Gram Udyog in 2012 by the party.[2]
He was elected as Uttar Pradesh vice president of All India Vaish Federation in 2012. After serving ten years with the organization Goyal is re-elected as vice president of All India Vaish Federation in 2022.[3]
Controversy
editIn 2016, Goyal was arrested on the charge of attacking a journalist with criminal intentions.[4] He was also suspended from the post of Minister of State in the Uttar Pradesh government by UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav at that time.[5]
References
edit- ^ "यूपी: इस विभाग में न मंत्री टिक पा रहे हैं न संतरी". Amar Ujala (in Hindi).
- ^ Tripathi, Ashish (23 October 2012). "Ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Natwar Lal Goyal, also chairperson of Uttar Pradesh Khadi Gram Udyog, having status of minister of state, on Tuesday assaulted two photo journalists who had gone to take photographs of unauthorised construction work being done by Goyal on the encroached land in Lalbagh area of the state capital". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "दिल्ली में पांच तारिख को होगा विशाल वैश्य प्रतिनिधि सम्मलेन : नटवर गोयल". UttarPradesh.org. 24 May 2022.
- ^ LucknowOctober 23, Mail Today Bureau. "The bad lands of UP: SP leader arrested for beating up news photographer". India Today.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "UP Khadi Board official sacked for "assaulting" photo-journalist". The Indian Express. 24 October 2012.