Nawal Kishore Rai (1 January 1960 – 16 April 2022) was a leader of

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"), abbreviated as JD(U), is a Social democracy, social-democratic and secular List of political parties in India, Indian political party, rooted mainly in East India, eastern and Northeast India, ...

from

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

. He served as member of the

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representing

Sitamarhi (Lok Sabha constituency) Sitamarhi is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. Assembly segments Presently, Sitamarhi Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha segments: Members of Parliament Ele ...

. He was elected to 10th, 11th and 13th Lok Sabha. He was married to Smt. Ram Dulari Rai and lived in Sitamarhi, Bihar, India.

Positions held

* 1989 - General-Secretary,

Yuva Janata Dal Yuva Janata Dal (Young People's Party) was the youth wing of the erstwhile Janata Dal. YJD was a member of World Federation of Democratic Youth The world is the totality of entities, the whole of reality, or everything that exists. The ...

, Bihar * 1991 - Elected to 10th Lok Sabha * 1991-93 - Member, Committee on Government Assurances; Vice-President, Yuva Janata Dal * 1991 onwards - Member, National Youth Programme * 1991-96 - Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways * 1993 onwards - President,

* 1994-96 - Convenor, Sub-Committee of Standing Committee, Ministry of Industry * 1996 - Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term) * 1996-97 - Chairman, House Committee * 1999 - Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term) * 1999-2000 - Member, Committee on Railways; Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit.

Other information

* Took active part in J.P. Movement during 1974-77 and was jailed for participating in a movement organized by

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. * participated in Kisan Movement, 1980-81; organized movement against Bihar Press Bill. * 1983-84 and a students movement in

Sitamarhi Sitamarhi is the headquarters of the Sitamarhi district in Tirhut Division, Bihar. The city was named in honour of Sītā, wife of Rāma, who was born in Sitamarhi according to Hindu legends. In 1875, a subdivision for Sitamarhi was create ...

District,

Death

Rai died on 16 April 2022 in Delhi.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rai, Nawal Kishore 1960 births 2022 deaths India MPs 1991–1996 People from Sitamarhi district India MPs 1996–1997 India MPs 1999–2004 Lok Sabha members from Bihar Janata Dal (United) politicians Janata Dal politicians Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians