Early Life
Rajiv Pratap Rudy was born in a Rajput family. The father of Rajiv Pratap Rudy and his several siblings died when Rajiv was aged five. They were brought up thereafter by their mother.
Rajiv Rudy lectured at Anugrah Narayan College, Patna prior to entering state politics, but he had been involved in student politics while at Panjab University.
He was elected in 1990 as an Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Then aged 26, he was one of the youngest legislators.
He was elected to the Lok Sabha - the lower house of the Parliament of India - as a candidate of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1996. His constituency was the remote rural area of Chapra in north Bihar. Re–elected in 1999 and inducted as a Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Rudy subsequently became Civil Aviation Minister with an independent charge in the National Democratic Alliance government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Rudy has had involvement with the youth wing of the BJP and has held the post of National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. He is now a Member of the BJP National Executive and acts as the National Spokesperson for that party, with a specific responsibility relating to Goa.
He is married to Neelam Pratap and has two daughters.
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