Kumar Sarvjeet
Native nameकुमार सर्वजीत
OfficeMinister of Tourism
Government of Bihar
Term start16 August 2022
Term end28 January 2024
ConstituencyBodh Gaya
PredecessorNarayan Prasad
GovernorPhagu Chauhan
Rajendra Arlekar
1blanknameChief Minister
1namedataNitish Kumar
2blanknameDeputy Chief Minister
2namedataTejashwi Yadav
Office 1Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Term start 123 November 2020
Constituency 1Bodh Gaya
Governor 1Phagu Chauhan
1blankname 1Chief Minister
1namedata 1Nitish Kumar
2blankname 1Political Party
2namedata 1Rashtriya Janata Dal
Office 2Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Term start 220 November 2015
Term end 223 November 2020
Constituency 2Bodh Gaya
Predecessor 2Shyamdeo Paswan
Governor 2Ram Nath Kovind
Satya Pal Malik
Lalji Tandon
1blankname 2Chief Minister
1namedata 2Nitish Kumar
2blankname 2Political Party
2namedata 2Rashtriya Janata Dal
Office 3Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Term start 32009
Term end 326 November 2010
Constituency 3Bodh Gaya
Preceded 3Hari Manjhi
Successor 3Shyamdeo Paswan
Governor 3Devanand Konwar
1blankname 3Chief Minister
1namedata 3Nitish Kumar
2blankname 3Political Party
Birth date3 April 1975 (age 51)
Birth nameKumar Sarvjeet
Other partyMahagathbandhan (Bihar)
PartyRashtriya Janata Dal
SpouseSeema Kumari (m. 2004)
ParentsRajesh Kumar (Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha) · Father
Chandra Mani Devi · Mother
Alma materBirla Institute of Technology, Mesra (B.E. Production Engineering)
ProfessionSocial Services · Politician

Kumar Sarvjeet (born 3 April 1975) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He was the minister of tourism, Bihar, and 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 and education

Kumar Sarvjeet was born into a family of Paswans in Chahal Mundera, Gaya district, Bihar. His parents are Chandra Mani Devi and Rajesh Kumar, a member of parliament.[3] He is the eldest and has two sisters. He married Seema Kumari in 2004 and they have two sons. He attended St. M. G. Public School, Patna, Bihar.[4] Later, he studied at Mahesh Singh Yadav College, Gaya.He completed his engineering degree in 2001 at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand.[5]

Career

In 2005, Sarvjeet entered politics after his father was murdered near Madar, Dumaria, Gaya district.[6] He contested from Bodh Gaya Assembly constituency representing Lok Janshakti Party in 2009 by election and won as an MLA for the first time. But he lost to Shyamdeo Paswan of Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 11,213 votes in the 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He retained the seat as a member of the Mahagathbandan on RJD ticket in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections, and again in 2020 on RJD ticket.[7][8]

References

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  2. ^ "कुमार सर्वजीत, Rashtriya Janata Dal प्रत्याशी | Kumar Sarvjeet, Rashtriya Janata Dal Candidate From Bodh Gaya, Delhi Assembly Elections 2020, बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव २०२०" (in Hindi). News18 India. Archived 2021-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
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  4. ^ "St. M. G. Public School". mgpschool.co.in. Archived 2021-11-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
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  6. ^ "Former MP Shot Dead in Bihar". Arab News. 2005-01-24. Archived 2021-11-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
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