Former agriculture minister of Bihar
Kumar Sarvjeet (born 3 April 1975) is an Indian Politician who is currently serving as minister of tourism , Bihar , and as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Bodh Gaya . He is the son of Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha Rajesh Kumar. He is also a social worker and member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal ,[1] [2] the largest political party in the state of Bihar , India . He was elected twice as the representative of the Bodh Gaya (Vidhan Sabha constituency) , being the first to do so in 63 years. He belongs to the Dalit community of Paswan . He entered politics after his father's murder.
Early life
Kumar Sarvjeet was born into a family of Paswans on 3 April 1975 in Chahal Mundera, Gaya district , Bihar . His parents are Chandra Mani Devi and Rajesh Kumar, a member of parliament, Lok Sabha .[3] He is the eldest brother among two sisters.
Education
He attended St. M. G. Public School, Patna , Bihar .[4] He then studied at Mahesh Singh Yadav College, Gaya , Bihar . Afterwards, he completed an engineering degree from the Birla Institute of Technology , Mesra , Ranchi , Jharkhand .
Political career
After Sarvjeet's father was murdered near Madar, Dumaria , Gaya district in 2005, there was political unrest in Bihar.[5] Sarvjeet entered politics in response[6] and was elected as a Bodh Gaya representative in the 14th Bihar Legislative Assembly in 2009.
He campaigned for the 16th Bihar Assembly . Sarvjeet was credited with modernising campaigning strategies and initiating the digital outreach for his party. He was elected as a member of the Mahagathbandan in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections , and again in 2020 ,[7] being the first Bodh Gayan representative to do so in 63 years.[8] He was also the first Bodh Gayan representative to be elected as a member of the legislative assembly in the 17th Bihar Assembly .
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^ "कुमार सर्वजीत, Rashtriya Janata Dal प्रत्याशी | Kumar Sarvjeet, Rashtriya Janata Dal Candidate From Bodh Gaya, Delhi Assembly Elections 2020, बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव २०२०" . News18 India (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 2021-09-06. Retrieved 2021-11-07 .
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^ "Naxals kill LJP candidate, the tension in Bihar" . Zee News . 2005-01-23. Archived from the original on 2021-11-08. Retrieved 2021-11-08 .
^ "Former MP Shot Dead in Bihar" . Arab News . 2005-01-24. Archived from the original on 2021-11-08. Retrieved 2021-11-07 .
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^ "बोधगया विधानसभा सीट : आरजेडी के कुमार सर्वजीत ने तोड़ा 63 साल का रिकॉर्ड" . Hindustan (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 2021-09-06. Retrieved 2021-11-07 .
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