Amitabh Thakur, a former 1992 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and a social activist, married to advocate/activist Nutan Thakur, is the President of newly formed political party Adhikar Sena. He has served as a Superintendent of Police (SP) in ten districts of Uttar Pradesh, and as an Inspector General (IG) in the state's Civil Defence department.