Manoj Kumar Jha is an

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who is a member of

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and a member of Rashtriya Janta Dal. He currently serves as the national spokesperson of the

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...

. On 15 March 2018, he was elected unopposed to the

from the state of

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. Jha completed his master's degree from Department of Social Work from

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in 1992 and PhD in 2000. He has been a professor at The Department of Social Work

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, and its head between 2014 and 2017. He was a lecturer at Department of Social Work,

Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia Islamia () is a central university located in New Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British Raj in 1920, it moved to its current location in Okhla in ...

from 1994 to 2002 before joining

Delhi School of Social Work Delhi School of Social Work is a school of social work in India and the first graduate school of social work in Asia to be recognized by a university. It is currently known as the Department of Social Work (DSW) of University of Delhi. Histo ...

. He is also a visiting faculty to School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. His research interest also includes political economy and governance, social action and social movements, majority-minority relations, and peace and conflict studies. In October 2020, it was reported that he had become

Tejashwi Yadav Tejashwi Prasad Yadav (born 9 November 1989) is an Indian politician, former cricketer, and the current Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, in office since August 2022. He also serves as the Minister of Health, Minister of Road Construction and Pu ...

's principal political adviser. His popularity amongst citizens increased after his speech during the July 2021 session of the Rajya Sabha (India's upper house of parliament). On 4 February 2022, Jha heavily criticized the President's address to the Rajya Sabha, and called for a "non-partisan" speech representing the concerns of all citizens. Jha occasionally writes columns for

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and

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regarding socio-political affairs.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20180614124753/http://www.merinews.com/article/interview-dr-manoj-kumar-jha---the-troubleshooter-for-lalu-prasad-yadav--the-rjd/15928188.shtml Living people Rajya Sabha members from Bihar Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians 1967 births {{Bihar-RJD-politician-stub