Santosh Kumar Nirala

Santosh Kumar Nirala is an Indian politician from Buxar district of Bihar, India.^[1] He served as Minister of Transport, Bihar from 29 July 2017 to 2020 and is a former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly representing the Rajpur constituency from 2010 to 2020.^[2][3]

Santosh Kumar Nirala
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2025
Preceded by	Vishwanath Ram
Constituency	Rajpur
In office 2010–2020
Preceded by	Shyam Payari Devi
Succeeded by	Vishwanath Ram
Constituency	Rajpur
Minister of Transport Government of Bihar
In office 29 July 2017 – 16 November 2020
Preceded by	Chandrika Roy
Succeeded by	Sheela Kumari
Minister of SC & ST Welfare Government of Bihar
In office 20 November 2015 – 26 July 2017
Preceded by	Jitan Ram Manjhi
Succeeded by	Ramesh Rishidev
Personal details
Born	(1974-04-05) 5 April 1974 (age 51) Chunni Tola, Buxar district, Bihar
Party	Janata Dal (United)
Spouse	Manju Kumari
Children	3
Education	BA LLB

Political career

Nirala made entry into politics in 1992. In 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, he won from Rajpur (Bihar Vidhan Sabha constituency). Again in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, he won from the same constituency. He also held the position as Minister of SC & ST Welfare Department, Bihar from 2014 to 2017.^[4] Currently, he is Minister of Transport Department, Bihar.^[5]