Kumar Sarvjeet | |
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| कुमार सर्वजीत | |
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| Minister of Tourism Government of Bihar | |
| In office 16 August 2022 – 28 January 2024 | |
| Governor | Phagu Chauhan Rajendra Arlekar |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Deputy Chief Minister | Tejashwi Yadav |
| Preceded by | Narayan Prasad |
| Constituency | Bodh Gaya |
| Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 23 November 2020 | |
| Governor | Phagu Chauhan |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Political Party | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| Constituency | Bodh Gaya |
| Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 20 November 2015 – 23 November 2020 | |
| Governor | Ram Nath Kovind Satya Pal Malik Lalji Tandon |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Political Party | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| Preceded by | Shyamdeo Paswan |
| Constituency | Bodh Gaya |
| Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2009 – 26 November 2010 | |
| Governor | Devanand Konwar |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Preceded by | Hari Manjhi |
| Succeeded by | Shyamdeo Paswan |
| Constituency | Bodh Gaya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kumar Sarvjeet (1975-04-03)3 April 1975 (age 49) |
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Political party | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| Other political affiliations | Mahagathbandhan (Bihar) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 Sons |
| Parents |
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| Residence(s) | Bodh Gaya,Gaya,Bihar,India |
| Alma mater | Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (B.E. Production Engineering) |
| Profession | |
Kumar Sarvjeet (born 3 April 1975) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is theminister of tourism,Bihar, and a member of theBihar Legislative Assembly fromBodh Gaya.
He is the son ofMember of Parliament, Lok Sabha Rajesh Kumar. He is also asocial worker and member of theRashtriya Janata Dal,[1][2] the largest political party in the state ofBihar,India. He was elected twice as the representative of theBodh Gaya (Vidhan Sabha constituency), being the first to do so in 63 years. He belongs to theDalit community ofPaswan. He entered politics after his father's murder.
Kumar Sarvjeet was born into a family ofPaswans in Chahal Mundera,Gaya district,Bihar. His parents are Chandra Mani Devi and Rajesh Kumar, amember of parliament.[3] He is the eldest and has two sisters. He married Seema Kumari in 2004 and they have two sons. He attended St. M. G. Public School,Patna,Bihar.[4] Later, he studied at Mahesh Singh Yadav College,Gaya.He completed hisengineering degree in 2001 atBirla Institute of Technology,Mesra,Ranchi,Jharkhand.[5]
In 2005, Sarvjeet entered politics after his father was murdered near Madar,Dumaria, Gaya district.[6] He contested fromBodh Gaya Assembly constituency representingLok Janshakti Party in 2009 by election and won as an MLA for the first time. But he lost to Shyamdeo Paswan of Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 11,213 votes in the2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He retained the seat as a member of theMahagathbandan on RJD ticket in the2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections, and again in2020 on RJD ticket.[7][8]