Rajesh Kumar | |
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President of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee | |
Assumed office 18 March 2025 | |
Preceded by | Akhilesh Prasad Singh |
Member of Legislative Assembly,Bihar | |
Assumed office 2015 | |
Preceded by | Lallan Ram |
Constituency | Kutumba |
Personal details | |
Born | Aurangabad,Bihar,India | 5 January 1969
Residence(s) | Aurangabad,Bihar,India |
Rajesh Kumar (born 1969) is an Indian politician from Bihar and current Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee president. [1] He is an MLA from Kutumba Assembly constituency which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community in Aurangabad district. He won the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election representing the Indian National Congress. [2]
Kumar is from Obra,Aurangabad district,Bihar. He is the son of Dilkeshwar Ram. He completed his graduation in 1989 at Saint Columbus College,Hazaribagh,which is affiliated with Ranchi University. He runs his own business. [3]
Kumar became an MLA for the first time winning from Kutumba Assembly constituency representing Indian National Congress in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. [4] He retained the seat winning the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election where he polled 50,822 votes and defeated his nearest rival,Shravan Bhuyan of Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular),by a margin of 16,653 votes. [5] [6]
On 18 March 2025,he was appointed as the president of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee by AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge. [7]