Atul Rai

Atul Singh Rai is an Indian politician from uttar pradesh newly elected Member of Parliament of India from Ghosi (Lok Sabha constituency). He defeated Bharatiya Janata Party's Harinarayan Rajbhar.[1] He contested Lok Sabha Election with Bahujan Samaj Party's ticket and defeated his close rival with a margin of 122568 votes.[2]

Atul Rai
ConstituencyGhosi, Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1982-07-05) 5 July 1982
Ghazipur
Citizenship Indian
Political partyBahujan Samaj Party
ResidenceBirpur, Ghazipur
OccupationPolitician and businessman
Websitewww.atulrai.in

Early life

Atul Rai was born on 20 February 1982 in Birpur village of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh. His father, Bharat Singh Rai, was an employee of Diesel Locomotive Works in Varanasi. Atul got his early education from Kendriya Vidyalaya, DLW, Varanasi. He graduated from Harish Chandra Postgraduate College, Varanasi. He is Bhumihar by caste. After graduation he started his own business.

His brother is Pawan Kumar Rai and his wife is Priyanka Singh. He and his wife have one son and one daughter.[3]

Political career

Atul Rai joined Bahujan Samaj Party in 2015. He contested assembly election of Uttar Pradesh in 2017 from Zamania (Assembly constituency) and garnered 67,559 votes. In his first election he lost a close contest with 9,264 votes.

In 2019 General Lok sabha election Atul Rai Contested Parliament election from ghosi [Loksabha Constituency] and win election by margin of 122000+votes.[4][5]

References
  1. "General Election to Lok Sabha Trends & Results 2019". eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. "Ghosi Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Atul Kumar Singh Alias Atul Rai of BSP Wins". news18.com. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  3. "जानिए कौन हैं अतुल राय". patrika.com. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  4. "Zamania - Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2017". india.com. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  5. "Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP names Ghosi candidate as ally SBSP sticks to its guns". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 27 April 2019.


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