Nityanand Rai

Nityanand Rai (born 1 January 1966)^[2] is an Indian politician. He is current Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Government of India.^[3] He was elected in the 2014 and 2019 General Election from Ujiarpur. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He had continuously represented Hajipur constituency in Bihar legislative assembly winning elections since 2000 (2000, Feb-2005, October- 2005 and 2010).^[4][5]

Nityanand Rai Yadav
Minister of State for Home Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 May 2019 Serving with G. Kishan Reddy
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Amit Shah
Preceded by	Kiren Rijiju
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar
In office 30 November 2016 – 15 September 2019
Preceded by	Mangal Pandey
Succeeded by	Sanjay Jaiswal
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Aswamedh Devi
Constituency	Ujiarpur
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office 2000–2014[a]
Preceded by	Rajendra Rai
Succeeded by	Awadhesh Singh
Constituency	Hajipur[1]
Personal details
Born	(1966-01-01) 1 January 1966 (age 59) Hajipur, Bihar, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Amita Rai
Children	1 Daughter
Parents	Tetari Devi (mother) Ganga Bishun Rai (father)
Residence	Karnpura, Vaishali, Bihar
Education	Graduate
Alma mater	Raj Narayan College, Hajipur, Vaishali
Occupation	Politician & Agriculturist
Website	nityanandrai.in