Background
Jitendra Prasad was born to Kunwar Jyoti Prasad and Pamela Devi at Shahjahanpur on 12 November 1938.
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Jitendra Prasada
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He was educated at Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences.
Career
He died on 16 January 2001 in New Delhi after a brief illness. He was elected to the 5th Lok Sabha in 1971 from Shahjahanpur constituency. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980 and 1984 from the same constituency.
He was again elected to the 13th Lok Sabha in 1999 from Shahjahanpur constituency.
Posts held
President, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee since 5 January 1995;
Vice-President, Italian Association for Cells Culture, June, 1997 to April, 1998;
Chairman, Company-operative Bank, Shahjahanpur;
Vice-Chairman, Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Celebration Committee,
Cabinet Secretariat. General Secretary, Italian Association for Cells Culture, 1985;
Political Secretary to Rajiv Gandhi, (Congress President);
Political Secretary to P.V. Narasimha Rao, (Congress President);
Member,Indian Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, 1983;
Member, Congress Working Committee, 1992 and 1997;
Member, Estimates Committee, 1980-1982;
Member, Committee of Privileges, 1994-1996;
Member, Committee on Home Affairs, 1995-1997;
Member, Committee on Commerce;
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings and
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Commerce.
Politics
He was also the Political Advisor to two Prime Ministers of India, Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 and P V Narasimha Rao in 1994. Jitendra Prasad fought Congress Party"s presidential election against Sonia Gandhi on 9 November 2000 but was defeated.
Membership
Prasad entered politics as a member of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad in 1970. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 1999.
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Political Party
Indian National Congress