(1969-10-07) 7 October 1969 (age 54) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Citizenship
Indian
Political party
Indian National Congress (2012–present)
Other political affiliations
Bharatiya Janata Party (1996–2009), Samajwadi Party (2009-2012)
Spouse
Reena Rai
Parent(s)
Surendra Rai and Parvati devi Rai
Residence
Varanasi
Ajay Rai (born 7 October 1969) is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress since 2012. He is a five-time MLA from Uttar Pradesh. He is the current Uttar Pradesh Congress chief.[1]
A local strongman in the Varanasi area, Rai has changed his party affiliations several times. He began his political career as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party's student wing. He won the Legislative Assembly elections from the Kolasla constituency three times in a row between 1996 and 2007 on a BJP ticket. He left the party after being denied a Lok Sabha ticket. He then joined the Samajwadi Party and unsuccessfully contested the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. Subsequently, he won the 2009 Legislative Assembly by-election from the Kolasla constituency as an independent. He joined the Indian National Congress in 2012. After the Kolasla constituency ceased to exist post-delimitation, he won the 2012 Assembly elections from the newly created Pindra constituency, which comprises a sizeable portion of the former Kolasla constituency.
He was the Congress candidate for the Varanasi parliament seat in the 2014 and 2019 general elections, and lost to Narendra Modi.[2][1][3]
^ abWho is Ajay Rai? A history-sheeter, he lost to Modi by 5 lakh votes in 2014 Lok Sabha election, The Financial Express (April 25, 2019)
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^No Priyanka Gandhi vs Narendra Modi faceoff in Varanasi, Congress fields Ajay Rai, India Today (April 25, 2019)
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