Krishna Raj

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Krishna Raj
The Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Smt. Krishna Raj addressing at the presentation ceremony of the National Awards to Anganwadi Workers for the year 2014-15 and 2015-16, in New Delhi on December 22, 2016.jpg
Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare,
Government of India
In office
July 2015 – 24 May 2019
Succeeded byKailash Choudhary
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded byMithlesh Kumar
Succeeded byArun Kumar Sagar
ConstituencyShahjahanpur
Personal details
Born (1967-02-22) 22 February 1967 (age 56)
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Virendra Kumar
Children2 children
ProfessionPolitician,
As of 15 October, 2015

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.

Early life and education[edit]

Krishna Raj was born in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh on February 22, 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[edit]

↔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

References[edit]

  1. "Default Web Page".
  2. "MyNeta Profile".
  3. "Krishna Raj". Government of India. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  4. "Krishna Raj". Government of India. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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