Jayant Raj Kushwaha

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Jayant Raj Kushwaha
Minister of Rural Work Department of Bihar
Assumed office
25 February 2021
Preceded byShailesh Kumar
Personal details
Political partyJanata Dal (United)
Parent(s)
Alma mater

Jayant Raj[1] is an Indian politician, Member of Legislative Assembly from the Amarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) of Bihar, and Minister of Rural Work in the Government of Bihar. In the 2020 election, he defeated Jitendra Singh of the Indian National Congress. While Raj secured 33.13% of votes polled, Singh, the runner up, finished with 31.23% of the votes.[2] Raj is a member of Janata Dal (United), the ruling party of Bihar.[3]

Raj is the son of former Member of Legislative Assembly Janardan Manjhi who earlier represented the same electoral constituency of Amarpur.[4] He completed his schooling from C N D High School Baunsi Banka, Bachelor of Business Administration from Marwari College, Bhagalpur in 2010, Master of Arts in Rural economics from Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University in 2012.[5]

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  1. ^ "बांका: अमरपुर विधायक ने गरीबों के बीच किया कंबल का वितरण". etvbharat. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  2. ^ "AMARPUR ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY". Business Standard. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Amarpur: Tie-ups shuffle vote bases, 'it's anyone's game'". Indian Express. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Bihar assembly elections: Leaders make way for political heirs". Times of India. Retrieved 8 February 2021. Another JD (U) sitting MLA Janardan Manjhi, a manjhi by caste, has fielded his son.jayant raj by caste manjhi,Janardan represents Amarpur in Banka district and this year his son Jayant Raj will be contesting from there.
  5. ^ https://www.jagran.com/bihar/bhagalpur-bihar-politics-chief-minister-nitish-kumar-trusts-jayant-raj-mla-from-amarpur-assembly-for-the-first-time-made-a-minister-21351571.html
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