Harsh Vardhan (Uttar Pradesh politician)

Harsh Vardhan (1 December 1947 – 4 October 2016) was an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh who entered politics with Socialist Party but later joined Congress. He was elected from Maharajganj constituency of Uttar Pradesh in 1989 and 2009.

Education and background
Harsh Vardhan, was an alumnus of Lucknow Sainik School and held a B.A. degree from Lucknow University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He died after a short illness on 4 October 2016.

Family
His daughter is Supriya Shrinate, who was executive editor with ET Now, the business channel of Times Television Network, before resigning to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections from Maharajganj unsuccessfully and was later appointed as the INC spokesperson.