{{short description|Indian politician}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ashok Kumar Pradhan | image = Ashok Kumar Pradhan.jpg | caption = Pradhan in 1996 | birth_date = 13 December 1953 | birth_place = Ghondli, Delhi | office = Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha | term_start = 16 May 1996 | term_end = 16 May 2009 | predecessor = Roshan Lal | successor = ''constituency abolished'' | constituency = Khurja | party = Bharatiya Janata Party | spouse = {{Marriage|Bimla Pradhan|1983}} | children = 3 (1 son & 2 daughters) | website = {{URL|ashokpradhan.in}} | footnotes = | date = 12 October 2022 | source = https://web.archive.org/web/20040905133230/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=333 }}
'''Ashok Kumar Pradhan''' (born 13 December 1953) is an Indian industrialist and politician from Uttar Pradesh. 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://loksabhaph.nic.in/members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=333&lastls=14 |title=Member profile: 14th Lok Sabha |work=Lok Sabha |access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref>
== Political career == In April 2014, Pradhan left BJP and joined the Samajwadi Party.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/election-2014/in-a-setback-to-bjp-senior-leader-ashok-pradhan-joins-samajwadi-party-505835 |title=In a setback to BJP, senior leader Ashok Pradhan joins Samajwadi Party |agency=PTI |publisher=NDTV |date=8 April 2014 |accessdate=19 May 2014}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pradhan, Ashok Kumar}} Category:Living people Category:1953 births Category:People from Bulandshahr Category:India MPs 2004–2009 Category:People from Ghaziabad district, India Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Category:India MPs 1996–1997 Category:India MPs 1998–1999 Category:India MPs 1999–2004 Category:Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh