Sanjeev Kumar Balyan is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in the 2014 Indian general elections from the Muzaffarnagar constituency.
He defeated Kadir Rana of the Bahujan Samaj Party by a margin of more than four lakh votes.
He was appointed as minister of state for Agriculture and food processing in the National Democratic Alliance government in May 2014.
Then, in July 2016, he was moved to be Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, under Minister Uma Bharti..He was moved out of the ministry in September 2017 but he again made a comeback in the ministry when he defeated Ajit Singh in a very close contest in the 2019 elections.
He is a Jat and farmer leader.
He is appointed as minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairying on 30 May 2019.
He is a veterinarian by qualification and did his Ph.D.
in Veterinary Anatomy.
He comes from Kutbi village in Muzaffarnagar district.