Nityanand Rai

Nityanand Rai
Rai as the Minister of State for Home Affairs, in New Delhi, June 1, 2019.
Minister of State for Home Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 May 2019 Served with H. G. Ahir (2019) and G. Kishan Reddy (2019–21) Serving with N. Pramanik and A.K Mishra (2021-)
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Amit Shah
Preceded by	Kiren Rijiju
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar
In office 30 November 2016 – 15 September 2019
Preceded by	Mangal Pandey
Succeeded by	Sanjay Jaiswal
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Aswamedh Devi
Constituency	Ujiarpur
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office 2000–2014
Preceded by	Rajendra Rai
Succeeded by	Awadhesh Singh
Constituency	Hajipur[1]
Personal details
Born	Nityanand Rai Yadav (1966-01-01) 1 January 1966 (age 58) Hajipur, Bihar, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Amita Rai
Children	1 Daughter
Parent(s)	Tetari Devi (mother) Ganga Bishun Rai (father)
Residence(s)	Karnpura, Vaishali, Bihar
Education	Graduate
Alma mater	Raj Narayan College, Hajipur, Vaishali
Occupation	Politician & Agriculturist
Website	nityanandrai.in

Nityanand Rai (born Nityanand Rai Yadav on 1 January 1966)^[2] is an Indian politician and the current Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Government of India.^[3] He was elected in the 2014 and 2019 General Election from Ujiarpur as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He had continuously represented Hajipur constituency in Bihar legislative assembly winning elections since 2000 (2000, Feb-2005, October- 2005 and 2010) till he was elected for the parliament.^[4][5]