Jitendra Kumar Rai | |
Birth Name: | Jitendra Kumar Rai |
Caption: | minister from 16.08.2022 |
Birth Date: | 1978 3, df=yes[1] |
Birth Place: | Pojhi Buzurg,Saran, Bihar |
Residence: | Patna, Bihar |
Office: | Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly |
Constituency: | Marhaura |
Term Start: | 2015 |
Office1: | Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly |
Constituency1: | Marhaura |
Term Start1: | 2010 |
Term End1: | 2015 |
Predecessor1: | Lal Babu Ray |
Party: | Rashtriya Janata Dal (2010-) Janata Dal (United) (before-2010) |
Source: | http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/member_profile/117.pdf |
Jitendra Kumar Rai (born 1978) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Marhaura[2] representing RJD. He is three time MLA from 2010 to 2020.[3]
Rai is from Marhaura, Saran district, Bihar. He is the son of Yaduvanshi Ray, a two time MLA from Marhaura.[4] He completed his intermediate at Rajendra College in 1994 and later did his graduation at Lok Mahavidyalaya, Hajipur in 1998.
Rai won from Marhaura Assembly constituency representing Rashtriya Janata Dal in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He polled 59,812 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Altaf Alam of Janata Dal (United), by a margin of 11,385 votes.[5] Earlier, he won the 2010 and 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections.[6]