Nityanand Rai

Nityanand Rai (born Nityanand Rai Yadav on 1 January 1966) is an Indian politician and the current Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Government of India. 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.

Nityanand Rai
Rai as the Minister of State for Home Affairs, in New Delhi, June 1, 2019.
Minister of State for Home Affairs
Assumed office
30 May 2019
Served with H. G. Ahir (2019) and
G. Kishan Reddy (2019–21)
Serving with N. Pramanik and A.K Mishra (2021-)
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
Preceded byRajendra Rai
Succeeded byAwadhesh Singh
ConstituencyHajipur
Personal details
Born
Nityanand Rai Yadav

(1966-01-01) 1 January 1966
Hajipur, Bihar, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseAmita Rai
Children1 Daughter
Parent(s)Tetari Devi (mother)
Ganga Bishun Rai (father)
Residence(s)Karnpura, Vaishali, Bihar
EducationGraduate
Alma materRaj Narayan College, Hajipur, Vaishali
OccupationPolitician & Agriculturist
Websitenityanandrai.in
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