Jitin Prasada

Jitin Prasada

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Jitin Prasada Profile

  • Name:
  • Jitin Prasada
  • Born:
  • November 29, 1973
  • Father:
  • Jitendra Prasada
  • Mother:
  • Kanta Prasada
  • Spouse:
  • Neha Seth

Jitin Prasada Biography

Jitin Prasada is an Indian politician from Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh associated with Indian National Congress. One of the young cabinet ministers in Manmohan Singh’s cabinet in 14th and 15th Lok Sabha, he served as Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas (2009-2011) followed by Minister of State, Road Transport and Highways (2011-2012) and Minister of State, Steel (2008-2009). He was induced to cabinet for the first time in 2008 during Mahmohan Singh’s first term as PM. He represented Dhaurahra constituency in the 15th Lok Sabha.

 

He was born in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh on 29 November 1973 into a family with strong political background. His grandfather Jyoti Prasada was a Congress party member who was associated with local body. His father Jitendra Prasada was a prominent political leader from UP who served as Vice-President of the Indian National Congress and Political Advisor to two PMs of India, Rajiv Gandhi and P V Narasimha Rao. His mother, Kanta Prasada runs an NGO 'SRIJAN' Jitendra Prasada Foundation. His sister Janhavi Prasada, is a documentary filmmaker. His family has close links to Tagore’s family. His great grandmother Purnima Devi was the niece of Rabindra Nath Tagore and the youngest daughter of Hemendranath Tagore.

 

Jitin got actively involved with politics in the early 2000s. He started his career with Indian Youth Congress as a general secretary IYC. As a youth leader he contested in 2004 Lok Sabha elections at the age of 31 and got elected to parliament. In 2008 he was inducted to Manmohan Singh’s cabinet and was one of the youngest cabinet ministers. In 2009 Lok Sabha elections he won for the second term and served as a cabinet minister for 5 years handling different portfolios. He got married to Neha Seth, CNN IBN journalist in 2010.

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Updated: June 26, 2016

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