Ajay Kumar (Uttar Pradesh politician)

Ajay Kumar was born to Mahak Singh on 1 November 1957 in Vazidpur village of Baghpat district.^[5][3] He completed his Ph.D. from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut in 1997.^[5] Kumar married Manju Singh on 13 February 1985, with whom he has two sons.^[3] Kumar is an agriculturalist and a teacher by profession.^[3]

Kumar, a member of the Rashtriya Lok Dal political party, was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the first time after he won from the Chhaprauli constituency, defeating Rajpal of Bahujan Samaj Party by a margin of 63,686 votes in 2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, succeeding Gajendra Kumar Munna of Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party in the process.^[6][7] As part of the 14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, he served as a member of the Estimates Committee till 2003. From 2003 to 2005, he was a member of Delegated Legislative Committee and from 2004 to 2005, was part of the Legislative Library Advisory Committee.^[3] He was succeeded by Ajay Tomar in the 2007.^[8][9]

In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Kumar, again as the Rashtriya Lok Dal candidate for the Chhaprauli constituency seat, went on to defeat incumbent Sahender Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 29,508 votes, succeeding the latter in the process.^[1][2]