Jitin Prasada (born 29 November 1973; ) is an Indian politician from

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. 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,

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. He was representing Dhaurahra (Lok Sabha constituency) of district

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, Uttar Pradesh in 15th Lok Sabha, where he won by votes. On 9 June 2021 Jitin Prasad quit the

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and joined the

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in the presence of BJP leader

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. Prasada attended The Doon School, Dehradun at roughly the same time as politicians

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, Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo and Dushyant Singh.

Early life

Prasada was born in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh to politician Jitendra Prasada and his wife Kanta Prasada. He belongs to

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caste. He attended the all-boys' boarding school,

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(where he was a contemporary of politicians

and Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo). He did a degree in commerce from the

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and then completed his

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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

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. His great grandfather Jwala Prasada was a Imperial Civil Service officer and great grandmother Purnima Devi, youngest daughter of

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brother of Nobel Laureate

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Political career

In 2001, Jitin Prasad started his career with

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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

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process. His promise of getting the Meter gauge railway track of the district

converted to

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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

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, 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

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for Congress, ahead of

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. Prasad joined the

on 9 June 2021.

References

External links

Official biography of Shri Jitin Prasad

biography from Govt. of India records

Jitin Prasad: Petroleum & Natural Gas

Gods the most misused name
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