Jitendra Prasada

Jitendra Prasada
Vice President, All India Congress Committee
In office
1999–2001
PresidentSonia Gandhi
Succeeded byRahul Gandhi
Member of 5th, 7th, 8th, 13th Lok Sabha
ConstituencyShahjahanpur
Personal details
Born(1938-11-12)12 November 1938
Shahjahanpur, United Provinces, British India
(present day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died16 January 2001(2001-01-16) (aged 62)
New Delhi, India
PartyIndian National Congress
SpouseKanta Prasada
Children2 (incl. Jitin Prasada)
Parents
  • Kunwar Jyoti Prasada (father)
  • Pamela Devi (mother)
As of 9 March, 2009
Source: [1]
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Jitendra Prasada (12 November 1938 – 16 January 2001) was an Indian politician and a former vice-president of the Indian National Congress. He was also the political advisor to two prime ministers of India, Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 and P. V. Narasimha Rao in 1994.

Prasad fought Congress Party's presidential election against Sonia Gandhi on 9 November 2000 but was defeated. He died on 16 January 2001 in New Delhi following a cerebral haemorrhage.

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