Krishna Raj (born 22 February 1967) is an Indian politician and having affiliations with

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

(BJP) who is the former Union Minister of State of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, India. She was elected to

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

assembly in 1996 & 2007 from Mohammadi seat. She contested

2014 Lok Sabha elections General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...

from Shahjahanpur seat of Uttar Pradesh as BJP / NDA candidate and elected to 16th Lok Sabha.

Early life and education

Krishna Raj was born in

Faizabad Faizabad (Hindustani pronunciation: ɛːzaːbaːd is a city located in Ayodhya district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated on the southern bank of the River Saryu about 6.5 km from Ayodhya City, the district headquarter, ...

on 22 February 1967 to Ram Dulare and Sukh Rani. She completed her Master of Arts (M.A.) degree from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University,

Positions held

* 1996-2002: Member,

Legislative Assembly. * 2007-2012: Member,

Legislative Assembly (second term). * 14 May 2014 Elected to

16th Lok Sabha Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 May ...

. * 1 Sep. 2014-5 July 2016: ↔Member, Committee on Petitions. ↔Member, Standing Committee on Energy. ↔Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and

Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation The Ministry of Jal Shakti () is a ministry under the Government of India which was formed in May 2019 under the second Modi ministry. This was formed by merging of two ministries; ''the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga R ...

* 13 May 2015 – 5 July 2016: Member, Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015. * 1 May 2016 – 5 July 2016: Member, Committee on Public Undertakings. * 5 July 2016: Union Minister of State of Women and Child Development, India. * 4 September 2017: Union Minister of State of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, India.

References

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