Santosh Kumar Nirala

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Santosh Kumar Nirala
CM Nitish visited industries in Nawanagar Buxar with local leader Santosh Nirala (cropped).jpg
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2025

Santosh Kumar Nirala is an Indian politician from Buxar district of Bihar, India. [1] He served as Minister of Transport, Bihar from 29 July 2017 to 2020 and is a former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly representing the Rajpur constituency from 2010 to 2020. [2] [3]

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Political career

Nirala made entry into politics in 1992. In 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, he won from Rajpur (Bihar Vidhan Sabha constituency). Again in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, he won from the same constituency. He also held the position as Minister of SC & ST Welfare Department, Bihar from 2014 to 2017. [4] Currently, he is Minister of Transport Department, Bihar. [5]

References

  1. Rumi, Faryal (15 September 2019). "All are equal in eyes of law: Santosh Kumar Nirala". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. "Bihar: Cabinet Ministers". gov.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. "Santosh Kumar Nirala (JDU) Election Result 2020 Live Updates: Santosh Kumar Nirala of JDU Loses". News18. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  4. "Bihar Vidhan Sabha / Know your MLA" (PDF). vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  5. "Bihar government circular" (PDF). Bihar Cabinet Secretariat Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.