Pawan Pandey

• Name — Pawan Kumar Pandey • Party — Bharatiya Janata Party • Born — 21 January 1968 • Birthplace — Kotwa Mohamadpur, Uttar Pradesh, India • Constituency — Akbarpur • Office — Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly • Predecessor — Akbar Husain Babar • Term Start — 1991 • Term End — 1993 • Relations — * Rakesh Pandey (elder brother) • Ritesh Pandey (nephew) • Other Party — * Bahujan Samaj Party • Apna Dal • Lok Jan Shakti Party • Shivsena • Independent • Successor — Ram Achal Rajbhar

He was one among those accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case - arising from the destruction of a mosque in December 1992. He is alleged to have been involved in the planning of the demolition of the Babri Masjid under the leadership of Uma Bharti, Lal Krishna Advani, Ashok Singhal and other members of the Vishva Hindu Parishad. He was elected as an MLA fromAkbarpur (Assembly constituency) during the 1991 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election on a Shiv Sena ticket. He also contested Lok Sabha elections from Sultanpur Parliamentary Constituency in 1999 as an independent candidate but lost by a margin of 44,033 votes after gaining 1,29,525 votes. In 2014 he fought on Bahujan Samaj Party ticket but lost by a margin of 1,78,902 after gaining 2,31,446 votes. Since 1991 he fought 4 assembly elections and 2 parliamentary elections but didn't win.

His elder brother Rakesh Pandey (politician, born 1952) was a Samajwadi Party MLA from Jalalpur and his younger brother Krishna Kumar Pandey alias Kakku Pandey contested a seat at Isauli in Sultanpur district in 2007 and 2012 legislative assembly elections respectively as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. His nephew Ritesh Pandey was MP from Ambedkarnagar district and a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party from 2019-2024. His son Prateek Pandey contested a seat at Katehri in 2022 Vidhan Sabha elections of Uttar Pradesh as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate.