Ravi Shankar Prasad fought his first Lok Sabha election in 2019 | What you need to know
Ravi Shankar Prasad fought his first Lok Sabha election from Patna Sahib in 2019 and defeated Congress's Shatrughan Sinha by a margin of over 2,85,000 votes.
In Short
- Ravi Shankar Prasad is a noted Supreme Court advocate
- Ravi Shankar Prasad has been a three-time Rajya Sabha MP earlier
- Ravi Shankar Prasad has been associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh during his early days
Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again reposed faith in senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Ravi Shankar Prasad was Union Law and Justice and Electronics and Information Technology minister in the previous Modi government.
A noted Supreme Court (SC) advocate, 54-year-old Ravi Shankar Prasad -- who fought his first Lok Sabha election from Patna Sahib in 2019 -- defeated Congress's Shatrughan Sinha by a margin of over 2,85,000 votes.
Ravi Shankar Prasad was also minister of Coal and Mines, Law and Justice and Information and Broadcasting in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.
Ravi Shankar Prasad has been a three-time Rajya Sabha MP earlier.
Born in Patna, Bihar, Ravi Shankar Prasad got his BA Hons and MA in political science and LLB degree from Patna University.
Ravi Shankar Prasad began his political career as a student leader in the 1970s and was active member Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), student wing of the BJP.
Ravi Shankar Prasad has been associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) during his early days.
Ravi Shankar Prasad had also participated during the anti-emergency movement for which he was jailed.