Ashok Kumar Pradhan (born 13 December 1953) is an Indian industrialist and politician from Uttar Pradesh.
[1] He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in Lok Sabha representing Khurja (Noida) from 1996 to 2009 as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate.
Ashok Pradhan is a former minister of state for the Government of India in the third Vajpayee ministry for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, and Human Resources & Development.
In April 2014, Pradhan left BJP and joined the Samajwadi Party.
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