Ratnakar Mishra

Ratnakar Mishra is an Indian politician serving as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, representing the Mirzapur Sadar constituency. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he has been active in the party's state executive committee for over a decade. Before his political career, Mishra was a prominent teerth purohit (pilgrim priest) at the Vindhyavasini Temple in Vindhyachal. He first won his assembly seat in 2017 and was re-elected in 2022 with a significant margin of votes.