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Nityanand Rai
Nityanand Rai
	Rai in 2019
Minister of State for Home Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 May 2019 ; Served with H. G. Ahir (2019) and; G. Kishan Reddy (2019 – 21) ; Served with N. Pramanik and A.K Mishra (2021 - 2024); Serving with Bandi Sanjay Kumar (2024- Present)
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Amit Shah
Preceded by	Kiren Rijiju
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar
	In office; 30 November 2016 – 15 September 2019
Preceded by	Mangal Pandey
Succeeded by	Sanjay Jaiswal
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Aswamedh Devi
Constituency	Ujiarpur
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2000–2014
Preceded by	Rajendra Rai
Succeeded by	Awadhesh Singh
Constituency	Hajipur
Personal details
Born	Nityanand Rai Yadav; 1 January 1966 (age 59); Hajipur, Bihar, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Amita Rai
Children	1 Daughter
Residence(s)	Karnpura, Vaishali, Bihar
Education	Graduate
Alma mater	Raj Narayan College, Hajipur, Vaishali, Bihar University
Occupation	Politician & Agriculturist
Website	nityanandrai.in

Nityanand Rai (born on 1 January 1966)^[2] is an Indian politician and the current Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Government of India.^[3] He was elected in the 2014 and 2019 General Election from Ujiarpur as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He had continuously represented Hajipur constituency in Bihar legislative assembly winning elections since 2000 (2000, Feb-2005, October- 2005 and 2010) till he was elected for the parliament.^[4]^[5]

Early life and education

Nityanand Rai was born on 1 January 1966. The son of a farmer, Rai has been associated with the Sangh Parivar since 1981, joining the ABVP that year as a student activist.^[6] Rai has done inter-caste marriage.^[7] He holds a BA (Honours) degree for Bihar University.^[8]

Career

On 23 May 2019, Rai became Minister of State for Home Affairs.^[9] Rai entered politics from his college ABVP unit. He was elected for students union President in his college. Rai in the year of 2000 Bihar Assembly election got a ticket and won from Hajipur. He won the seat four times consecutively. In the 2014 general election Rai got the ticket for Parliamentary election from the neighbouring district as his home constituency is reserve seat for SC candidates. He won the election and became a Member of Parliament from Ujiarpur. In the 2015 Bihar Vidhan sabha election BJP has tried to promote him as Yadav^[2] face to lure declining RJD voters. He has been made BJP Bihar President and after the 2019 election, he was made State Home Minister in NDA2 Council of Ministers. He has also been represented by delegates like Tanish Pugalia of Birla High School, Kolkata in several Model UN competitions

Posts held

Member of Bihar legislative Assembly - 2000, Feb. 2005, October 2005 and 2010
2014 & 2019 - MP Ujiarpur constituency
September, 2014- August, 2018- Member of Standing committee on Agriculture
September, 2018-May 2019- Member of Standing committee on Commerce
May 2015- Member of Joint committee on Land acquisitions, rehabilitation and Right to get appropriate compensation for relocation and transparency (second amendments) Bill 2015.^[10]