Santosh Kumar Nirala

Santosh Kumar Nirala is an Indian politician from Buxar district of Bihar, India.[1] He is serving as Minister of Transport, Bihar since 29 July 2017 and is Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly representing Rajpur (Bihar Vidhan Sabha constituency) since 2010.[2]

Santosh Kumar Nirala
Minister of Transport Department, Bihar
Assumed office
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29)
Preceded byChandrika Roy
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
November 2010 (2010-11)
Preceded byShyam Payari Devi
ConstituencyRajpur (Bihar Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Minister of SC & ST Welfare Department, Bihar
In office
November 2015 (2015-11)  June 2017 (2017-06)
Preceded byJitan Ram Manjhi
Succeeded byRamesh Rishidev
Personal details
Born (1974-04-05) 5 April 1974
Chunni Tola, Buxar district, Bihar
Political partyJanata Dal (United)
Spouse(s)Manju Kumari
Children3
Education

Political career

Singh made entry into politics in 1992. In 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, he won from Rajpur (Bihar Vidhan Sabha constituency). Again in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, he won from the same constituency. He also held the position as Minister of SC & ST Welfare Department, Bihar from 2014 to 2017.[3] Currently, he is Minister of Transport Department, Bihar.[4]

References

  1. Sep 15, Faryal Rumi | TNN | Updated:; 2019; Ist, 11:36. "All are equal in eyes of law: Santosh Kumar Nirala | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. "Bihar: Cabinet Ministers". gov.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. "Bihar Vidhan Sabha / Know your MLA" (PDF). vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  4. "Bihar government circular" (PDF). Bihar Cabinet Secretariat Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
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