Ajay Rai

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  1. 1 2 Who is Ajay Rai? A history-sheeter, he lost to Modi by 5 lakh votes in 2014 Lok Sabha election, The Financial Express (April 25, 2019)
  2. 1 2 "Constituency-wise results: Varanasi". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  3. No Priyanka Gandhi vs Narendra Modi faceoff in Varanasi, Congress fields Ajay Rai, India Today (April 25, 2019)
  4. 1 2 3 "യുപിയിൽ മോദിയെ വിറപ്പിച്ച 'ലോക്കൽ ബോയ്'; തോറ്റിട്ടും അജയ് റായ് ബാഹുബലി; '24x7 ജനങ്ങള്‍ക്കൊപ്പം'". Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  5. Congress wants a Brahmin against Modi, not Digvijaya Archived 13 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ADR 2019 Profile
  7. 1 2 "It's outsider versus local in Varanasi, says Ajay Rai". The Hindu. 9 April 2014.
  8. 1 2 "AcT I: tainted candidates take the floor". Indian Express. 24 March 2009.
  9. "Strongman Ajay Rai dreads the 420 tag given by party". DNA . 14 April 2014.
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  11. Bhupendra Pandey (12 September 2009). "5 cases, 20 days, UP don acquitted as witnesses, cops turn hostile". Indian Express.
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  14. "No plan to join SP: BJP MLA". Hindustan Times. 22 March 2007. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014.
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  16. "Former BJP MLA to contest Kolasla bypoll as independent candidate". DNA . 5 October 2009.
  17. "Rai moves court against withdrawal of addl security". The Times of India. 19 July 2010.
  18. "Independent candidate for Kolasla by-poll arrested". Zee News. 28 October 2009.
  19. "BJP, SP, Congress Get Drubbing in UP Bypolls". India TV. 1 November 2009.
  20. "Kolasala legislator arrested for creating ruckus". The Indian Express. 28 August 2010.
  21. Virendra Nath Bhatt (7 February 2012). "History-sheeters dominate Congress' list of electoral candidates". Tehelka. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  22. Varanasi violence: Congress MLA Ajay Rai arrested, FIR against 105 persons
  23. Binay Singhi (2 May 2016). "Congress MLA Ajay Rai released from jail after 7-month imprisonment". The Times of India.
  24. "Pindra - Uttar Pradesh Election Result 2017 - Party and Candidate Wise Full Winner List". Firstpost. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  25. "Ajay secured third place in 2019 Varanasi Loksabha Elections". Business Today.
  26. https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2477.htm
Ajay Rai
Ajay Rai Varanasi.jpg
Rai in 2024
President of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee
Assumed office
17 August 2023