Udit Raj, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Udit Raj

Indian politician

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1958

Place of Birth: Ramnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Profession: politician

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Udit Raj

  • Udit Raj is an Indian politician and member of Indian National Congress.
  • He was a Member of Parliament Between 2014 To 2019 in the Lok Sabha, representing the North West Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency) as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
  • Raj is also the National Chairman of the All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations.
  • He is a social activist for marginalised communities like SC/ST.Raj was born in Ramnagar, Uttar Pradesh.
  • He studied for BA at Allahabad University, and went on to study at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi in 1980.
  • He was selected for the Indian Revenue Service in 1988 and served as the Deputy Commissioner, Joint Commissioner and Additional Commissioner of Income Tax at New Delhi.
  • On 24 November 2003, he resigned from government service and formed the Indian Justice Party.
  • Raj joined the BJP on 23 February 2014.
  • In the past he had opposed the BJP, but after getting a BJP ticket for Lok Sabha, he admitted that it was more sympathetic to the SC and ST communities and declared that the "Dalits have a brighter future in BJP".
  • On being denied a ticket to contest for the 2019 Indian general election, Raj quit the BJP and joined the Congress.Raj, a Dalit, converted from Hinduism to Buddhism in 2001.

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