Jitin Prasada
Jitin Prasada (born 29 November 1973) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He was appointed Cabinet Minister by the Government of Uttar Pradesh on 26 September 2021. Earlier, he has been the former Minister of State for Human Resource Department, Government of India. He was representing Dhaurahra (Lok Sabha constituency) of district Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh in 15th Lok Sabha, where he won by 184,509 votes. On 9 June 2021 Jitin Prasad quit the Indian National Congress and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of senior BJP leader Piyush Goyal.
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| Minister of Public Works Department Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 25 March 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Preceded by | Keshav Prasad Maurya |
| Minister of Technical Education Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 26 September 2021 – 25 March 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Preceded by | Kamal Rani Varun |
| Succeeded by | Ashish Singh Patel |
| Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2021 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by Governor |
| Minister of State for Human Resource Development | |
| In office 28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Minister | M. M. Pallam Raju |
| Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways | |
| In office 19 January 2011 – 28 October 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Minister | C. P. Joshi |
| Minister of state for Petroleum & Natural Gas | |
| In office 28 May 2009 – 19 january 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Minister | Murli Deora |
| Minister of state for Steel | |
| In office 6 April 2008 – 22 May 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Minister | Ram Vilas Paswan |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Rekha Verma |
| Constituency | Dhaurara |
| In office 2004–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Rammurti Singh Verma |
| Succeeded by | Mithlesh Kumar |
| Constituency | Shahjahanpur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 November 1973 Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2021–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (2001–2021) |
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| Residence | Shahjahanpur |
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Prasada attended The Doon School, Dehradun at roughly the same time as politicians Rahul Gandhi, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo and Dushyant Singh.
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