Krishna Raj

Krishna Raj (born 22 February 1967) is an Indian politician and having affiliations with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who is the former Union Minister of State of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, India.^[1] She was elected to Uttar Pradesh assembly in 1996 & 2007 from Mohammadi seat.^[2] She contested 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Shahjahanpur seat of Uttar Pradesh as BJP / NDA candidate and elected to 16th Lok Sabha.

Krishna Raj
Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India
In office July 2015 – 24 May 2019
Succeeded by	Kailash Choudhary
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Mithlesh Kumar
Succeeded by	Arun Kumar Sagar
Constituency	Shahjahanpur
Personal details
Born	(1967-02-22) 22 February 1967 (age 58) Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Virendra Kumar
Children	2 children
Profession	Politician,
As of 15 October, 2015

Early life and education

Krishna Raj was born in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh on 22 February 1967 to Ram Dulare and Sukh Rani. She completed her Master of Arts (M.A.) degree from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad.

Positions held

• 1996-2002: Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
• 2007-2012: Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (second term).
• 14 May 2014 Elected to 16th Lok Sabha.^[3]
• 1 Sep. 2014-5 July 2016:

↔Member, Committee on Petitions. ↔Member, Standing Committee on Energy. ↔Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

• 13 May 2015 – 5 July 2016: Member, Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015.
• 1 May 2016 – 5 July 2016: Member, Committee on Public Undertakings.
• 5 July 2016: Union Minister of State of Women and Child Development, India.^[4]
• 4 September 2017: Union Minister of State of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, India.^[5][6]