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Niranjan Jyoti

PEP · Politician

Niranjan Jyoti is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Jyoti, Sadhvi Niranjan · Niranjan Jyoti · निरंजन ज्योति · নির্জন জ্যোতি · ನಿರಂಜನ ಜ್ಯೋತಿ				[sources]
Alias	Niranjan Jyoti · निरंजन ज्योति · निरजंन ज्योति · નિરંજન જ્યોતિ · ନିରଞ୍ଜନ ଜ୍ୟୋତି · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1967-03-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Hamirpur · Vill. Patewra, Distt. Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	niranajan.jyoti@sansad.nic.in				[sources]
First name	Niranjan				[sources]
Last name	Jyoti				[sources]
Political association	Bharatiya Janata Party				[sources]
Title	Sadhvi				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16736870				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Lok Sabha (member, 2014-) · Member of the 16th Lok Sabha · Member of the 17th Lok Sabha				[sources]
Education	Intermediate Educated at Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board, Allahabad				[sources]
Status	Former				[sources]
Address	Akhand Paramdham, Hanuman Mandir, Musa Nagar, · Bungalow No. 13, New Moti Bagh,				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-13	Last processed	2026-04-13	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

1988 to 1993:- Member, Kendriya Margdarshan Mandal, Ram Janmabhoomi Movement; 2003-2007:- Member, Union Executive, BJP;2012:- Vice-President, BJP, U.P.; As Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, led Indian delegation comprising of officials and representatives of Industry Bodies like CII in connection with First World Food India 2017 held in New Delhi.

— India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members, 2025-10-13

Indian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Smt. Shiv Kali Devi Close Associate	mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Lok Sabha	-	-
Member of the 16th Lok Sabha	-	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,170

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,803

Current and historical members of the two houses of the Indian Parliament

India · Parliament of India

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,191

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions502,587

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata330,507

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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