Nityanand Rai

Nityanand Rai (born as Nityanand Rai Yadav; DOB: 1 January 1966)[2] in an Indian politician and the current Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Government of India.[3] He was elected in the 2014 and 2019 General Election from Ujiarpur as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He had continuously represented Hajipur constituency in Bihar legislative assembly winning elections since 2000 (2000, Feb-2005, October- 2005 and 2010) till he was elected for the parliament.[4] [5]

Nityanand Rai
Minister of State for Home Affairs
Assumed office
31 May 2019
Serving with G. Kishan Reddy
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterAmit Shah
Preceded byKiren Rijiju
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar
In office
30 November 2016 – 15 September 2019
Preceded byMangal Pandey
Succeeded bySanjay Jaiswal
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
16 May 2014
Preceded byAswamedh Devi
ConstituencyUjiarpur
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
2000 – 2014[lower-alpha 1]
Preceded byRajendra Rai
Succeeded byAwadhesh Singh
ConstituencyHajipur[1]
Personal details
Born (1966-01-01) 1 January 1966
Hajipur, Bihar, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Amita Rai
Children1 Daughter
ParentsTetari Devi (mother)
Ganga Bishun Rai (father)
ResidenceKarnpura, Vaishali, Bihar
EducationGraduate
Alma materRaj Narayan College, Hajipur, Vaishali
OccupationPolitician & Agriculturist
Websitenityanandrai.in

Career

In 23 May 2019, Rai became Minister of State for Home Affairs.[6] Rai joined politics from his college ABVP unit. He was elected for students union President in his college. Rai in the year of 2000 Bihar Assembly election got ticket and won Hajipur. He won the seat four times consecutively. In 2014 general election Rai got the ticket for Parliamentary election from neighbouring district as his home constituency is reserve seat for SC candidates. He won the election and became Member of Parliament from Ujiarpur. In 2016 Bihar Vidhan sabha election BJP has tried to promote him as Yadav Face to lure declining RJD voter. He has been made BJP Bihar President and after 2019 election he was made State Home Minister in NDA2 cabinet.

References

Notes
  1. Resigned, elected to Lok Sabha from Ujiarpur

Citations
  1. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Hajipur Assembly Constituency". www.elections.in.
  2. "The rise and rise of Nityanand Rai". The Indian Express. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  3. "Members : Lok Sabha".
  4. "Nityanand Rai". National Portal of India. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  5. Amarnath, Tewary (21 November 2017). "Bihar BJP chief Nityanand Rai feels 'sorry' for his controversial comment". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  6. "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019


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