Udit Raj
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Udit Raj
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| National Executive Member Bharatiya Janata Party | |
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Assumed office 23 February 2014 |
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Member of the India Parliament for North West Delhi |
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Assumed office 16 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Krishna Tirath |
| Majority | 1,06,802 (7.88%) |
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1 January 1961 Ramnagar, Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Seema Raj |
| Children | 1 son 1 daughter |
| Alma mater | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| Profession | Civil servant (Indian Revenue Service), social activist, writer, politician |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Website | Udit Raj |
| As of 22 March, 2014 | |
Udit Raj is an Indian Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, representing the North-west Delhi constituency. Dr. Rajis also the National Chairman of the All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations. He is an influential leader for the Bharatiya Janata Party as well as nationally as a social activist for Dalits. Udit Raj is a member to the BJP National Executive. He was born in Ramnagar, Uttar Pradesh into a low caste Hindu Khatik family, and studied for BA at Allahabad University. He took admission at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in 1980. He was selected for the prestigious Indian Revenue Service in 1988 and served as the Dy, Commissioner, Joint Commissioner and Addl. Commissioner of Income Tax at New Delhi. On 24 November 2003 he declared his resignation from the Indian government service and formed a political party namely Indian Justice Party. He is a prominent activist working on behalf of India's Dalits.
He has joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 February 2014 in the presence of senior political leaders of BJP. In the past he had opposed BJP, but now regards BJP to sympathetic to the Dalits and tribals.
Udit comes from a Khatik family. His first posting was at Ghaziabad where he served as Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax in the year 1990. He was transferred to Delhi in 1995, where he served at the reputed posts of Deputy Commissioner, Joint Commissioner and Additional Commissioner of Income Tax.
Raj formed the Indian Justice Party in 2003 and the All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations on 2 October 1997 and, in 1996, also established the Lord Buddha Club. Udit Raj, in the tradition of the Indian Dalit leader and author of the Constitution B. R. Ambedkar, converted to Buddhism in November 2001 alongside thousands of followers.
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