Nityanand Rai

Nityanand Rai (born 1 January 1966) is an Indian politician and the current Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Government of India. He was elected in the 2014 and 2019 General Election from Ujiarpur as a candidate 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) till he was elected for the parliament.

Early life and education Nityanand Rai was born on 1 January 1966. He belongs to Yadav caste. The son of a farmer, Rai has been associated with the Sangh Parivar since 1981, joining the ABVP that year as a student activist. Rai has done inter-caste marriage. He holds a BA (Honours) degree for Bihar University.

Career On 23 May 2019, Rai became Minister of State for Home Affairs. Rai entered politics from his college ABVP unit. He was elected for students union President in his college. Rai in the year of 2000 Bihar Assembly election got a ticket and won from Hajipur. He won the seat four times consecutively. In the 2014 general election Rai got the ticket for Parliamentary election from the neighbouring district as his home constituency is reserve seat for SC candidates. He won the election and became a Member of Parliament from Ujiarpur. In the 2015 Bihar Vidhan sabha election BJP has tried to promote him as Yadav