Ragini Sonkar | |
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| Member of theUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Jagdish Sonkar |
| Constituency | Machhlishahr |
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| Born | (1990-12-11)11 December 1990 (age 34) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Samajwadi Party |
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| Residence(s) | Varanasi,Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Alma mater | R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (MBBS) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (MD) |
| Profession | Physician |
Ragini Sonkar (born 11 December 1990) is an Indian physician and politician serving as a member of the18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh fromMachhlishahr representing theSamajwadi Party.[1][2][3] She is the daughter of politicianKailash Nath Sonkar.[1]
Sonkar was born to politicianKailash Nath Sonkar inVaranasi,Uttar Pradesh on 11 December 1990.[4][5] She did herMBBS fromR. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital,Kolkata, where she worked briefly, and then completedDoctor of Medicine with specialisation inOphthalmology fromAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.[1][6] Sonkar married Sambit Malik, a physician on 4 February 2020.[4]
In the2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Sonkar representedSamajwadi Party as a candidate fromMachhlishahr constituency and went on to defeatBharatiya Janata Party's Mehilal Gautam by a margin of 8,484 votes, succeeding own party memberJagdish Sonkar in the process.[3][7]