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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image               = Jitin Prasada crop.jpg
| image_size          = 200px
| name                = Jitin Prasada
| caption             = Jitin Prasada, 2024
| birth_name          = Kunwar Jitin Prasada
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1973|11|29}}
| birth_place         = [[Shahjahanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| office              = [[Third Modi ministry|Union Minister of State]]<br/> [[Government of India]]
| term_start          = 11 June 2024
| term_end            = 
| 1blankname          = Ministry&Departments
| 1namedata           = *[[Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology]] 
*[[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Ministry of Commerce and Industry]]
| predecessor         = [[Rajeev Chandrasekhar]]<br/>&<br/>[[Anupriya Patel]]
| office2             = 
| term_start2         = 26 September 2021
| term_end2           = 25 March 2022
| constituency2       = 
| office1             = Cabinet Minister<br/>[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| termstart1          = {{Start date|df=y|2022|03|25}}
| termend1            = {{End date|df=y|2024|06|11}}
| predecessor1        = [[Keshav Prasad Maurya]]
| successor1          = 
| 1blankname1         = Ministry&Departments
| 1namedata1          = *Public Works
| office3             = [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council|Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]]
| term_start3         = {{Start date|df=y|2021|10|01}}
| term_end3           = {{End date|df=y|2024|06|11}}
| minister3           = 
| primeminister3      = 
| office4             = [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|Union Minister of State]]<br/> [[Government of India]]
| term_start4         = 28 October 2012
| term_end4           = 26 May 2014
| primeminister4      = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| minister4           = [[M. M. Pallam Raju]]
| office5             = 
| term_start5         = 19 January 2011
| term_end5           = 28 October 2012
| primeminister5      = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| minister5           = [[C. P. Joshi]]
| office6             = 
| term_start6         = 28 May 2009
| term_end6           = 19 January 2011
| primeminister6      = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| minister6           = [[Murli Deora]]
| office7             = 
| constituency7       = 
| term_start7         = 6 April 2008
| term_end7           = 22 May 2009
| predecessor7        = 
| successor7          = 
| term_start8         = 04 June 2024
| term_end8           = 
| predecessor8        = [[Varun Gandhi]]
| successor8          = 
| constituency8       = [[Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency|Pilibhit]]
| party               = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2021–present)
| parents             = {{plainlist|
* [[Jitendra Prasada]]
* Kanta Prasada}}
| relatives           = {{plainlist|
* Kumari Janhavi Prasada,
* [[Tagore family]],
* [[Kapurthala State|Kapurthala Royal Family]]}}
| residence           = Hata Baba Sahab, Khirani Bag, [[Shahjahanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| education           = {{plainlist|
* [[The Doon School|The Doon School, Dehradun]]
* [[Sherwood College]], [[Nainital]]
* [[Shri Ram College of Commerce]], [[Delhi University]] ([[Bachelor of Commerce|B.Com.]])
* [[International Management Institute, New Delhi]] ([[Master of Business Administration|M.B.A.]])}}
| spouse              = {{marriage|Neha Seth|February 14, 2010}}
| children            = 2
| website             = 
| footnotes           = 
| otherparty          = [[Indian National Congress]] (2001–2021)
| term_start9         = 2009
| term_end9           = 2014
| constituency9       = [[Dhaurahra (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dhaurara]]
| predecessor9        = ''Constituency established''
| successor9          = [[Rekha Verma (born 1973)|Rekha Verma]]
| office8             = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| termstart10         = 2004
| termend10           = 2009
| constituency10      = [[Shahjahanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shahjahanpur]]
| constituency3       = ''Nominated by Governor''
| primeminister7      = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| 2blankname1         = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 2blankname          = 
| 2namedata1          = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
| 2namedata           = 
| predecessor2        = [[Kamal Rani Varun]]
| predecessor10       = [[Rammurti Singh Verma]]
| successor2          = [[Ashish Singh Patel]]
| successor10         = [[Mithlesh Kumar]]
| minister7           = [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
| president           = [[Draupadi Murmu]]
| primeminister       = [[Narendra Modi]]
| minister            = [[Ashwini Vaishnaw]]
| 1blankname2         = Ministry&Departments
| 1namedata2          = *Technical Education
| 2blankname2         = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 2namedata2          = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
| 1blankname5         = Ministry&Departments
| 1blankname6         = Ministry&Departments
| 1blankname7         = Ministry&Departments
| 1blankname4         = Ministry&Departments
| 1namedata4          = [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Ministry of Human Resource Development]]
| 1namedata5          = [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India)|Ministry of Road Transport and Highways]]
| 1namedata6          = [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas]]
| 1namedata7          = [[Ministry of Steel]]
}}

'''Jitin Prasada''' (born 29 November 1973; {{IPA|hi|d͡ʒɪt̪ɪn̪ pɾəsaːd̪(ə)}}) is an Indian politician from [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He was appointed cabinet minister by the government of Uttar Pradesh on 26 September 2021. Earlier, he has been the former minister of state for Human Resource Department, [[government of India]]. He was representing [[Dhaurahra (Lok Sabha constituency)]] of district [[Lakhimpur Kheri]], Uttar Pradesh in [[15th Lok Sabha]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20090518-the-rahul-offensive-739682-2009-05-07|title=The Rahul offensive|author=Priya Sahgal|website=India Today|date=7 May 2009 |access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> where he won by {{formatnum:184509}} votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/congress-plays-dalitbrahmin-card-in-uttar-pradesh/63220-37.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531190009/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/congress-plays-dalitbrahmin-card-in-uttar-pradesh/63220-37.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 May 2009|title=News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates|website=Ibnlive.in.com|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> On 9 June 2021 Jitin Prasad quit the [[Indian National Congress]] and joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the presence of [[BJP]] leader [[Piyush Goyal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/up-uttarakhand/trending-news/former-union-minister-jitin-prasada-join-bjp-in-presence-of-bjp-piyush-goyal-smup/916861|title= कांग्रेस का दामन छोड़ BJP में शामिल हुए पूर्व केंद्रीय मंत्री जितिन प्रसाद, पीयूष गोयल ने दिलाई सदस्यता|website= Zee News|language=hi |access-date=2021-06-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jansatta.com/national/congress-youth-leader-jitin-prasada-joins-bjp-in-presence-of-union-minister-piyush-goyal-before-up-assembly-elections-news-and-updates/1739947/|title= UP में कांग्रेस को बड़ा झटका! युवा चेहरा जितिन प्रसाद BJP में शामिल, ब्राह्मण वोटों को लुभाने में निभा सकते हैं अहम भूमिका|website= Jansatta|date= 9 June 2021|language=hi |access-date=2021-06-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-leader-jitin-prasada-joins-bjp/articleshow/83365158.cms | title=Congress leader Jitin Prasada joins BJP | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=9 June 2021 | accessdate=9 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/jitin-prasada-bjp-up-elections-brahmin-vote-7351404/ | title=Explained: Jitin Prasada and the Brahmin question ahead of elections in Uttar Pradesh | publisher=The Indian Express | work=Maulshree Seth | date=9 June 2021 | accessdate=9 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/jitin-prasada-bjp-up-elections-congress-7351320/|title = Explained: How Jitin Prasada's defection could impact BJP, Congress, and SP in Uttar Pradesh|date = 14 June 2021}}</ref>

Prasada attended [[The Doon School|The Doon School, Dehradun]] at roughly the same time as politicians [[Rahul Gandhi]], [[Jyotiraditya Scindia]], [[Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo]] and [[Dushyant Singh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/seven-doscos-in-15th-lok-sabha/|title = Seven Doscos in 15th Lok Sabha|date = 31 May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/politics/the-one-school-that-produced-3-cms-several-leaders-who-dominate-indias-politics/165773/|title = In a first, 3 Doon alumni are CMS, all from the same powerful era|date = 19 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=UPA's Sachin Pilot, Agatha Sangma & Jitin Prasada on matters personal & political |newspaper=The Economic Times |date=27 March 2011 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/upas-sachin-pilot-agatha-sangma-jitin-prasada-on-matters-personal-political/articleshow/7792858.cms |access-date=2023-08-01 |last1=Banerjee |first1=Soma }}</ref>

==Early life==
Prasada was born in [[Shahjahanpur]], Uttar Pradesh to politician [[Jitendra Prasada]] and his wife Kanta Prasada. He belongs to [[Brahmin]] caste.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/uttar-pradesh/story/jitin-prasad-bjp-join-brahmin-caste-politics-yogi-adityanath-up-2022-election-political-benefits-1270383-2021-06-11|title=UP की सियासत में ब्राह्मण किंगमेकर, BJP के लिए ट्रंप कार्ड साबित होंगे जितिन प्रसाद? |website=AajTak|date=11 June 2021 |accessdate=7 June 2024}}</ref>  He attended the all-boys' boarding school, [[The Doon School]] in [[Dehradun]] (where he was a contemporary of politicians [[Jyotiraditya Scindia]] and [[Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/opinion/11330-cool-breeze-surprise-bjp-face-himachal |title = Cool Breeze: Surprise BJP face for Himachal - The Sunday Guardian Live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/meet-the-chocolate-boy-of-shahjahanpur/story-gT7Gxiv8IAVcb2OdkfwpHO.html|title = Meet the chocolate boy of Shahjahanpur|date = 22 June 2009}}</ref> He did a degree in commerce from the [[Shri Ram College of Commerce]], [[Delhi University]] and then completed his [[Masters in Business Administration|MBA]] from [[International Management Institute (India)|International Management Institute, New Delhi]].

His grandfather Jyoti Prasad was a Congress party member and served legislative and local body positions. His grandmother Pamela Prasada belonged to the Sikh family of [[Kapurthala]]. His great grandfather Jwala Prasada was a [[Indian Civil Service|Imperial Civil Service officer]] and great grandmother [[Purnima Devi]], youngest daughter of [[Hemendranath Tagore]] brother of Nobel Laureate [[Rabindranath Tagore]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/delhi-confidential/bengal-polls-congress-jitin-prasada-7105032/|title=Delhi Confidential: Tagore 'Connection'|date=2020-12-15}}</ref>

==Political career==
In 2001, Jitin Prasad started his career with [[Indian Youth Congress]] as a general secretary. In 2004, he won his first election and was elected Member of the Parliament in the 14th Lok Sabha from his hometown constituency of Shahjahanpur, U.P.

In his first tenure as Member of the Parliament Jitin Prasad was inducted as Minister of State for Steel and was one of the youngest ministers in the Cabinet (April 2008). In 2009, he fought and won the election from Dhaurara, as his home bastion Shahjahanpur came under the [[delimitation]] process.

His promise of getting the [[Meter gauge]] railway track of the district [[Lakhimpur Kheri]] converted to [[Broad gauge]] gathered major support for his candidature during 2009 Parliamentary elections. He has laid down foundation stone of a Steel factory in his constituency [[Dhaurahra (Lok Sabha constituency)]] during his tenure as Union minister of state for Steel in 2008. For the 14th [[Lok Sabha]], Jitin held the positions of Committee on Petitions (Member); Committee on Information Technology and Communications (Member); Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Steel.

He was appointed In-Charge for [[West Bengal]] for Congress, ahead of [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]].

Prasad joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 9 June 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Union minister Jitin Prasada set to join BJP |date=9 June 2021 |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/top-congress-leader-g23-joins-bjp-jitin-prasada-brahmin-face-up-polls-2022-710359 |access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://smart.livehindustan.com/lucknow/news/who-is-jitin-prasad-profile-know-political-journey-family-father-election-win-loss-upa-minister-congress-turncoat-joins-modi-shah-piyush-goyal-bjp-81623227126707.html|title=कांग्रेस छोड़ जितिन प्रसाद BJP में हुए शामिल, जानें कैसा रहा राजनैतिक सफर|website=Hindustan|language=hi|access-date=2021-06-09|archive-date=11 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511134037/https://smart.livehindustan.com/lucknow/news/who-is-jitin-prasad-profile-know-political-journey-family-father-election-win-loss-upa-minister-congress-turncoat-joins-modi-shah-piyush-goyal-bjp-81623227126707.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookhindi.com/politics/congress-leader-jitin-prasada-joins-bjp-in-the-presence-of-union-miniter-piyush-goyal-58989|title= जितिन प्रसाद ने छोड़ा कांग्रेस का साथ, भाजपा में हुए शामिल|website= Outlook|language=hi |access-date=2021-06-09}}</ref> Jitin Prasad won [[Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency]] in [[2024 Indian general election]] with total votes 607,158, which was 52.3% of total votes polled. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS2426.htm|title= General Election to Parliamentary Constituency Results June-2024}}</ref>

<gallery>
File:The President of Vietnam, Mr. Truong Tan Sang received by the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Jitin Prasada, at Palam Air Force Station, in New Delhi on October 11, 2011.jpg|The President of Vietnam, Mr. [[Trương Tấn Sang|Truong Tan Sang]] received by the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Jitin Prasada, at [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Palam Air Force Station]], in [[New Delhi]] on October 11, 2011.
File:The Minister of State of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Jitin Prasad Chairing an Investors' Roundtable, on the occasion of NELP-VIII & CBM-IV Road Show, at Houston, USA on August 21, 2009.jpg|The Minister of State of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Jitin Prasad Chairing an Investors' Roundtable, on the occasion of NELP-VIII and [[CBM TV|CBM-IV Road Show]], at [[Houston]], [[United States|USA]] on August 21, 2009.
File:The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade & Immigration, Papua New Guinea, Mr. Samuel T. Abal meeting the Minister of State of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Jitin Prasad, in New Delhi on July 24, 2009.jpg|The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Immigration, [[Papua New Guinea]], Mr. Samuel T. Abal meeting the Minister of State of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Jitin Prasad, in [[New Delhi]] on July 24, 2009.
File:Declaración Conjunta entre el Perú y la India en ocasión de la Visita Oficial del Vicepresidente de la India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari (10543288635).jpg|Jitin Prasada duing the joint declaration between [[Peru]] and [[India]] on the occasion of the official visit of the [[Vice President of India]], [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]].
File:The Minister of State of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Jitin Prasad at the Third Road Show to promote NELP-VIII and CBM IV Blocks, in Calgary, Canada on 24 August, 2009.jpg|The Minister of State of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Jitin Prasad at the Third Road Show to promote NELP-VIII and CBM IV Blocks, in [[Calgary]], [[Canada]] on 24 August, 2009.
File:The President of Myanmar, Mr. Tien Sein being received by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri Jitin Prasada, on his arrival at the Air Force Station, Palam, in New Delhi on December 20, 2012.jpg|The [[President of Myanmar]], Mr. Tien Sein being received by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri Jitin Prasada, on his arrival at the Air Force Station, Palam, in [[New Delhi]] on December 20, 2012.
File:The Minister of Works of Japan, Mr. Ken Okuda meeting the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Jitin Prasada, in New Delhi on May 01, 2012.jpg|The Minister of Works of Japan, Mr. Ken Okuda meeting the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Jitin Prasada, in [[New Delhi]] on May 01, 2012.
File:Jitin Prasada and the Minister of Universities and Science, UK, Mr. David Willetts, exchanging the signed documents of the Indo-UK MoU on HRD, in New Delhi on February 20, 2013.jpg|Jitin Prasada and the Minister of Universities and Science, UK, Mr. [[David Willetts]], exchanging the signed documents of the Indo-UK MoU on HRD, in [[New Delhi]] on February 20, 2013.
</gallery>

==Electoral performance==
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{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-text hover-highlight"
|-
!Year
!Election
!colspan="2"|Party
!Constituency name
!Result
!Votes gained
!Vote share%
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[14th Lok Sabha]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|[[Shahjahanpur Lok Sabha constituency|Shahjahanpur]]
|{{Won}}
|220,763
|34.82%
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[15th Lok Sabha]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Dhaurahra Lok Sabha constituency|Dhaurahra]]
|{{Won}}
|391,391
|51.5%
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[16th Lok Sabha]]
|{{lost}}
|1,70,994
|16.13%
|-
|[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
|[[17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly|17th U.P. Assembly]]
|[[Tilhar Assembly constituency|Tilhar]]
|{{lost}}
|76,065
|37.24%
|-
|[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council|2021]]
|[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council|U.P. Legislative Council]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|{{NA}}
|Nominated
|{{NA}}
|{{NA}}
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|[[18th Lok Sabha]]
|[[Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency|Pilibhit]]
|{{won}}
|607,158
|52.30%
|}
('''''Source''''': [[Election Commission of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eci.gov.in/general-elections|title=PAST GENERAL ELECTIONS TO LOK SABHA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eci.gov.in/more-assembly-elections|title=Previous Assembly Elections}}</ref>)

==Social Work==
Jitin Prasada is permanent trustee of NGO Srijan Jitendra Prasada Foundation and NGO Children Of Gandhi Foundation.<ref name="Trusteeship of NGOs">{{Cite web|url=https://archivepmo.nic.in/drmanmohansingh/assets2010/Shri%20Jitin%20Prasada.pdf|title=Trusteeship of NGOs}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110108085113/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4065 Official biography of Shri Jitin Prasad]
* [http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampdetail.php?mpcode=4065 biography from Govt. of India records]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121024005652/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-28/india/28165675_1_affairs-and-public-distribution-list-of-cabinet-ministers-food-and-civil-supplies Jitin Prasad: Petroleum & Natural Gas]
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Lifestyle/Spirituality/Gods_the_most_misused_name_Jitin_Prasad/rssarticleshow/3586026.cms Gods the most misused name]
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