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Neeraj Shekhar
Indian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Neeraj Shekhar Singh (born 10 October 1968) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a Lok Sabha MP for 2 terms and a Rajya Sabha MP as a Samajwadi Party member. He joined the BJP in 2019 and became a Rajya Sabha MP again.
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Early life
He was born to the former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and Duja Devi, in Ibrahimpatti in Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. He belongs to a Rajput family.[1][2]
Political career
On 29 December 2007, he contested and won from the Ballia constituency as a Samajwadi Party candidate, in the by-election held due to the death of his father. He got over 295,000 votes.
In 2009, he was re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the same constituency.[3] However, he was defeated in 2014 by Bharat Singh of BJP.[4] Currently, he is a Rajya Sabha member.[5][6]
His election campaign was supported by Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India and former Bharatiya Janata Party MP Rajnath Singh.[7][8] He left Samajwadi Party on 15 July 2019 and resigned as Rajya Sabha MP on the same date and joined the BJP.[9][10]
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Personal life
He is married Sushma Shekhar and has 2 children.[11]
Elections Contested
Lok Sabha
Rajya Sabha
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References
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