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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 ...
Mar 30, 2024 · In Short. In 1991, Ajay Rai's brother was shot dead by Mukhtar Ansari gang. The murder was apparently due to a local 'supremacy dispute'. Years later, Mukhtar Ansari's party supported Ajay Rai in 2014 polls. "We did not give in before Mukhtar Ansari despite his stature and continued our struggle for justice despite all odds," an emotional Ajay ...
Jun 4, 2024 · Who is Ajay Rai? Mr. Rai, who is also the Uttar Pradesh Congress president had begun his political journey with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and went on to be elected to the UP Assembly three ...
Varanasi Election Result 2024 Live: Uttar Pradesh Congress chief and candidate from Varanasi, Ajay Rai asserted that the exit polls were fabricated. He said, "I had said yesterday too that the ...
Mar 24, 2024 · Rai had hoped to contest the election from Varanasi, however, with senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi getting the ticket, he resigned from the party. Rai then contested from Varanasi on a Samajwadi Party (SP) ticket, but lost. Rai entered the Congress in 2012, and made his mark by winning the newly-formed Pindra seat in Varanasi.
Ajay Rai started his career with RSS student wing ABVP and won the UP legislative assembly elections from the Kolasla constituency three times in a row between 1996 and 2007 on a BJP ticket. 2.
Aug 18, 2023 · — Ajay Rai🇮🇳 (@kashikirai) August 17, 2023 The decision to put Rai at the helm ahead of the 2024 polls reflects his rising stature within the party. A Congress functionary said that senior party leader Rahul Gandhi played a key role in the appointment of Rai and will be increasingly involved in the affairs of the UP Congress in the coming days.
