Jitin Prasada

Jitin Prasada (born 29 November 1973) is an Indian politician from India and former Minister of State for Human Resource. He was representing Dhaurahra (Lok Sabha constituency) of district Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh in 15th Lok Sabha,[1] where he won by 184,509 votes.[2]

Jitin Prasada
Jitin Prasada in 2012
Minister of State, HRD
In office
28 October 2012 – May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
ConstituencyDhaurara, Uttar Pradesh
Minister of State, Road Transport and Highways
In office
19 January 2011 – 28 October 2012
Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas
In office
May 2009 – 18 January 2011
Minister of State, Steel
In office
April 2008 – May 2009
Personal details
Born (1973-11-29) 29 November 1973
Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Smt. Neha Seth
ResidenceShahjahanpur
As of 30 July 2009
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Early life

Born in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh to politician Jitendra Prasad, and his wife Kanta Prasada. His mother Kanta hails from Himachal Pradesh. He studied at The Doon School, Dehradun[3][4][5][6][7] and did his B.Com.(Hons) from the Sri Ram College of Commerece, Delhi University and completed his MBA from IMI, New Delhi.

His grandfather Jyoti Prasada was a Congress party member and served legislative and local body positions. His grandmother Pamela Prasad belonged to the Royal Sikh family of Kapurthala. His great grandfather Jwala Prasada was a Colonial Civil Service officer and great grandmother Purnima Devi, youngest daughter of Hemendranath Tagore brother of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

Political career

In 2001, Jitin Prasada started his career with IYC Indian Youth Congress as a general secretary. In 2004, he won his first election and was elected Member of the Parliament in the 14th Lok Sahbha from his hometown constituency of Shahjahanpur, UP.

In his first tenure as Member of the Parliament Jitin Prasada was inducted as Minister of State for Steel and was one of the youngest minister in the Cabinet(April 2008).

In 2009, he fought and won the election from Dhaurara, as his home bastion Shahjahanpur came under the delimitation process.

His promise of getting the Meter gauge railway track of the district Lakhimpur Kheri converted to Broad gauge gathered major support for his candidature during 2009 Parliamentary elections. He has laid down foundation stone of a Steel factory in his constituency Dhaurahra (Lok Sabha constituency) during his tenure as Union minister of state for Steel in 2008.

For the 14th Lok Sabha, Jitin held the positions for Committee on Petitions (Member); Committee on Information Technology and Communications (Member); Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Steel.

He lost his seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha election to Rekha Verma of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

He has presently been appointed as the General Secretary of All India Congress Committee for West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee

Personal life

Jitin Prasada married in February 2010 to Neha Seth, a former TOI and CNN IBN journalist.

References
  1. Priya Sahgal. "The Rahul offensive". India Today. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. "News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates". Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  3. "To the manner born? - Indian Express". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  4. "Doon squad - Indian Express". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  5. "Lok Sabha polls 2004: Power families in Parliament". India Today. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  6. "Power point presentation: Jitin Prasada". The Times of India. 16 May 2004.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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