Ajay Chaurasiya

Ajay Kumar Chaursiya (Nepali: अजय कुमार चौरसिया) is a Nepalese politician. He served as the Asst. Minister in the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development from 2001-2002.

Honourable Ajay Kumar Chaursiya MP
अजय कुमार चौरसिया
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 December 2022
Preceded by	Bimal Prasad Shrivastav
In office May 1999 – May 2002
Preceded by	Ram Chandra Kushwaha
Succeeded by	Ajay Kumar Dwivedi
Constituency	Parsa 2
Member of 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly
In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Preceded by	Surendra Prasad Chaudhary
Succeeded by	Raj Kumar Gupta
Constituency	Parsa 3
Personal details
Born	(1965-02-03) 3 February 1965 (age 59) Parsa District, Nepal
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	Nepali Congress

He is (as of August 2022) a central committee member of Nepali Congress Party and chief of Terai-Madhesh Coordination Department.

Early life

He was born and raised in Amarpatti, Parsa, and completed his primary and secondary and higher education in Motihari, Bihar.

Career

He is a politician in the Terai region. He is representative to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the Nepalese legislature on behalf of the Nepali Congress.

He was a Member of Parliament from Nepali Congress in 1999, 2006, and 2007. He represents the Parsa District, Constituency 2, Birgunj Nepal.^[1][2]

In 2001, he was appointed as an Asst. Minister of Federal Affairs and Local Development of Nepal in the cabinet of Sher Bahadur Deuba. He took part in the People's Movement (Janandolan 2) and was arrested several times, imprisoned for more than 4 months. Chaurasia was elected twice as member to the constituent Assembly from Parsa 3 and Parsa 2 of Parsa District.

References

1. Election Commission of Nepal 2006-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
2. "प्रतिनिधिसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र – Election 2017". Retrieved 2020-12-08.