Rajkumar is an Indian politician from

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

. He was a member of

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 E ...

until 2021. He resigned from his seat in Purola assembly constituency and joined

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...

in September 2021.

Career

He became the representative for Rajpur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency) following the

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election The 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the 3rd Vidhan Sabha ( Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Elections were held on 30 January 2012 when Indian National Congress emerged as the largest par ...

, remaining until 2017 when he lost to Khajan Das of the

References

Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Uttarakhand Year of birth missing (living people) Uttarakhand MLAs 2022–2027 {{Uttarakhand-INC-politician-stub