Career
Manoj Kumar Paras was born in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. He has received education till twelfth grade. Paras belongs to the South Carolina category and belongs to chamar community.
Before being elected as Modern Language Association, he used to work as an agriculturist.
Manoj Kumar Paras has been a Modern Language Association for one term. Paras was also a minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
On 09 March 2014, Paras was sacked (as minister) by Akhilesh Yadav on grounds of "anti-party activities".