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Jitin Prasada
Indian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jitin Prasada (born 29 November 1973; Hindi pronunciation: [d͡ʒɪt̪ɪn̪ pɾəsaːd̪(ə)]) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He was appointed cabinet minister by the government of Uttar Pradesh on 26 September 2021. Earlier, he has been the former minister of state for Human Resource Department, government of India. 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] On 9 June 2021 Jitin Prasad quit the Indian National Congress and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of BJP leader Piyush Goyal.[3][4][5][6][7]
Prasada attended The Doon School, Dehradun at roughly the same time as politicians Rahul Gandhi, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo and Dushyant Singh.[8][9][10]
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Early life
Prasada was born in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh to politician Jitendra Prasada and his wife Kanta Prasada. He belongs to Brahmin caste.[11] He attended the all-boys' boarding school, The Doon School in Dehradun (where he was a contemporary of politicians Jyotiraditya Scindia and Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo).[12][13] He did a degree in commerce from the Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University and then completed his MBA from International Management Institute, New Delhi.
His grandfather Jyoti Prasad was a Congress party member and served legislative and local body positions. His grandmother Pamela Prasada belonged to the Sikh family of Kapurthala. His great grandfather Jwala Prasada was a Imperial Civil Service officer and great grandmother Purnima Devi, youngest daughter of Hemendranath Tagore brother of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.[14]
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In 2001, Jitin Prasad started his career with 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 Sabha from his hometown constituency of Shahjahanpur, U.P.
In his first tenure as Member of the Parliament Jitin Prasad was inducted as Minister of State for Steel and was one of the youngest ministers 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 of Committee on Petitions (Member); Committee on Information Technology and Communications (Member); Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Steel.
He was appointed In-Charge for West Bengal for Congress, ahead of 2021.
Prasad joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 9 June 2021.[15][16][17] Jitin Prasad won Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency in 2024 Indian general election with total votes 607,158, which was 52.3% of total votes polled. [18]
The President of Vietnam, Mr. Truong Tan Sang received by the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Jitin Prasada, at Palam Air Force Station, in New Delhi on October 11, 2011.
The Minister of State of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Jitin Prasad Chairing an Investors' Roundtable, on the occasion of NELP-VIII and CBM-IV Road Show, at Houston, USA on August 21, 2009.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Immigration, Papua New Guinea, Mr. Samuel T. Abal meeting the Minister of State of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Jitin Prasad, in New Delhi on July 24, 2009.
Jitin Prasada duing the joint declaration between Peru and India on the occasion of the official visit of the Vice President of India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari.
The President of Myanmar, Mr. Tien Sein being received by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri Jitin Prasada, on his arrival at the Air Force Station, Palam, in New Delhi on December 20, 2012.
The Minister of Works of Japan, Mr. Ken Okuda meeting the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Jitin Prasada, in New Delhi on May 01, 2012.
Jitin Prasada and the Minister of Universities and Science, UK, Mr. David Willetts, exchanging the signed documents of the Indo-UK MoU on HRD, in New Delhi on February 20, 2013.
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Electoral performance
(Source: Election Commission of India[19][20])
Social Work
Jitin Prasada is permanent trustee of NGO Srijan Jitendra Prasada Foundation and NGO Children Of Gandhi Foundation.[21]
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