Kumar Sarvjeet

**Kumar Sarvjeet**
Kumar Sarvjeet
कुमार सर्वजीत
Minister of Tourism; Government of Bihar
	In office; 16 August 2022 – 28 January 2024
Governor	Phagu Chauhan; Rajendra Arlekar
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Deputy Chief Minister	Tejashwi Yadav
Preceded by	Narayan Prasad
Constituency	Bodh Gaya
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 23 November 2020
Governor	Phagu Chauhan
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Political Party	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Constituency	Bodh Gaya
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
	In office; 20 November 2015 – 23 November 2020
Governor	Ram Nath Kovind; Satya Pal Malik; Lalji Tandon
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Political Party	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Preceded by	Shyamdeo Paswan
Constituency	Bodh Gaya
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2009 – 26 November 2010
Governor	Devanand Konwar
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Hari Manjhi
Succeeded by	Shyamdeo Paswan
Constituency	Bodh Gaya
Personal details
Born	Kumar Sarvjeet; 3 April 1975 (age 49)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Other political; affiliations	Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
Spouse	Seema Kumari (m. 2004)
Children	2 Sons
Parents	Rajesh Kumar (Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha); Father ; Chandra Mani Devi; Mother;
Residence(s)	Bodh Gaya, Gaya, Bihar, India
Alma mater	Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (B.E. Production Engineering)
Profession	Social Services; Politician;

Kumar Sarvjeet (born 3 April 1975) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is the minister of tourism, Bihar, and a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Bodh Gaya.

He is the son of Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha Rajesh Kumar. He is also a social worker and member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal,^[1]^[2] the largest political party in the state of Bihar, India. He was elected twice as the representative of the Bodh Gaya (Vidhan Sabha constituency), being the first to do so in 63 years. He belongs to the Dalit community of Paswan. He entered politics after his father's murder.

Early life and education

Kumar Sarvjeet was born into a family of Paswans in Chahal Mundera, Gaya district, Bihar. His parents are Chandra Mani Devi and Rajesh Kumar, a member of parliament.^[3] He is the eldest and has two sisters. He married Seema Kumari in 2004 and they have two sons. He attended St. M. G. Public School, Patna, Bihar.^[4] Later, he studied at Mahesh Singh Yadav College, Gaya.He completed his engineering degree in 2001 at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand.^[5]

In 2005, Sarvjeet entered politics after his father was murdered near Madar, Dumaria, Gaya district.^[6] He contested from Bodh Gaya Assembly constituency representing Lok Janshakti Party in 2009 by election and won as an MLA for the first time. But he lost to Shyamdeo Paswan of Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 11,213 votes in the 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He retained the seat as a member of the Mahagathbandan on RJD ticket in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections, and again in 2020 on RJD ticket.^[7]^[8]