Sunil Kumar Pintu | |
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Member of Parliament Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Preceded by | Ram Kumar Sharma |
Constituency | Sitamarhi |
Cabinet Minister Government of Bihar | |
In office 26 November 2010 –16 June 2013 | |
Ministry | Term |
Minister of Tourism | 26 November 2010 - 16 June 2013 |
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2003–2015 | |
Preceded by | Shahid Ali Khan |
Succeeded by | Sunil Kumar |
Constituency | Sitamarhi |
Personal details | |
Born | Sitamarhi,Bihar | 22 August 1961
Political party | Janata Dal (United) |
Other political affiliations | Bhartiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Manju Devi |
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Sunil Kumar Pintu is an Indian politician. [1] He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Sitamarhi,Bihar in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Janata Dal (United). [2] [3] Pintu is also the president of the Shri Bhagwati Sita Tirtha Kshetra Samiti. [4] [5] [6] Before 2019,he was a member of Bhartiya Janata Party;he had been a Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Sitamarhi Assembly constituency for four terms since 2003. [7]
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