Given the question: Facts:   - residence: noida secor-50 , b-13    - source: http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=333    - party: samajwadi party      - children: 1 son 2 daughter    - name: ashok kumar pradhan    - image: ashok pradhan.jpg    - birth place: ghondli , delhi    - religion: hindu   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ashok kumar pradhan .
The answer is:
ashok pradhan is an indian industrialist and politician .he stood for the 1996 lok sabha elections on bhartiya janta party -lrb- bjp -rrb- ticket and was elected member of parliament from noida-khurja constituency in uttar pradesh .ashok pradhan is a former minister of state , govt .of india in the third vajpayee ministry for various ministries -- consumer affairs - food & public distribution , human resources & development .