Background
Akhilesh Pati Tripathi was born on 20 January 1984 in Mehdawal, Sant Kabir Nagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh. His father Abhay Nandan Tripathi was a school teacher.
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Akhilesh Pati Tripathi attended school in his home town Mehdawal and graduated from PCC College, Allahabad. He completed his Master of Arts (degree P G - Master of Arts) in History from Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh in 2008.
Career
He is an M.L.A from Model Town constituency in Delhi, since 2013. Tripathi was involved in the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement led by Anna Hazare as a volunteer. He campaigned with Arvind Kejriwal encouraging the youth to join the agitation.
While initially his family were upset with his decision to join the movement and told him to concentrate on Institute for Advanced Study exams, later they supported him.
Later, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party (Alumni Admissions Program), a political outfit that rose from the movement under Kejriwal"s leadership. He led agitations across Delhi on various public issues.
Tripathi promised a commercial area for traders in his constituency. In the campaign, he concentrated on Lalbagh, Kishorebagh, Kishorenagar, Kamlanagar and Gulabi Bagh slums and even lived in Lalbaugh.
He raised the issue of the slums" ration mafia, who allegedly trashed Tripathi.
Tripathi was admitted in the hospital for a week. Tripathi claimed that his agitation against the ration mafia earned him the support of the slums. In the campaign, he also raised the issue of the rape and murder of a girl at Rana Pratap Bagh area.
Tripathi was arrested after BJP and Congress alleged his involvement in the rape-murder.
He was released after 12 days. Alumni Admissions Program formed a government with Congress support.
In January 2014, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and other Alumni Admissions Program members staged a dharna near Rail Bhavan protesting against Delhi Police, who refused to raid an "alleged drug and prostitution racket" in South Delhi. Many Alumni Admissions Program protesters were detained.
Tripathi was allegedly beaten up by the police and admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.
The Delhi Police refuted the Alumni Admissions Program"s allegations about Tripathi. The Alumni Admissions Program renominated Tripathi for the Model Town seat for 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. Tripathi raised the issue of women"s safety and establishment of a citizen"s fund for development of residential areas in Model Town.
A day before the election, Tripathi was allegedly beaten up by Congress workers, who were caught distributing alcohol by Tripathi in Lalbagh slum area.
He was admitted in Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital"s Intensive Care Unit and later shifted to LNJP Hospital in Daryaganj. Tripathi retained his seat by defeating BJP"s Vivek Garg by a margin of 16,706 votes.
He got 54,628 votes.
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