Rajkumar is an Indian politician from

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...

. He was a member of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

until 2021. He resigned from his seat in Purola Assembly constituency and joined

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 ...

in September 2021.

Career

Rajkumar won from Purola Assembly constituency representing the Indian National Congress in the

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election The 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election was the 4th Vidhan Sabha ( Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Elections were held on 15 February 2017 in a single phase for the 69 seats of the Uttarakhand L ...

defeating Mal Chand of the BJP by a margin of 1,013 votes. Earlier, he won form Rajpur Raod Assembly constituency following the

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election The 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the 3rd Vidhan Sabha ( Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Elections were held on 30 January 2012 when Indian National Congress emerged as the largest pa ...

. However, he lost the 2017 election when he lost to Khajan Dass of the

References

Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Uttarakhand Year of birth missing (living people) Uttarakhand MLAs 2012–2017 Uttarakhand MLAs 2017–2022 {{Uttarakhand-INC-politician-stub