Dhiraj Prasad Sahu (born 23 November 1959) is the politician from

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

Party. He was elected to

Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...

from state of Jharkhand of the ticket of INC in July 2010.

Early life

He is son of social worker Baldeo Sahu and Shushila Devi. He is brother of former member of parliament

Shiv Prasad Sahu Shiv Prasad Sahu (7 January 1934 - 23 January 2001) was an Indian businessman and politician. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Ranchi, Bihar twice in the Lok Sabha the lower house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian Nation ...

. He has studied B. A. and resides at

Lohardaga Lohardaga is a town and the district headquarters of Lohardaga district in the Indian state of Jharkhand, west of Ranchi, the state capital. Earlier (early 1900s) Lohardaga was the commissionary headquarters for Chotanagpur. It was only lat ...

Career

He belongs to an industrial family which has been associated with Congress Party since Independence. He joined politics in 1977. He was jailed during " Jail Bharo Andolan" in 1978. In June 2009 elected to

and again reelected to Rajya Sabha in July 2010.

References

1959 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Jharkhand People from Ranchi district People from Lohardaga district Rajya Sabha members from Jharkhand Nagpuria people {{Jharkhand-INC-politician-stub