Neeraj Shekhar is an India

India

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n politician and a leader of the Samajwadi Party

Samajwadi Party

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. He is the son of the former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar

Chandra Shekhar

Chandra Shekhar Singh was the eighth Prime Minister of India.-Early years:He was born on 1 July 1927 to a Rajput farming family in Ibrahimpatti - Ballia in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Chandra Shekhar Singh did his Master of Arts at Allahabad University. He was known as a firebrand in student politics...

 and Duja Devi. On December 29, 2007, he contested and won from the Ballia constituency

Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency)

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 as a Samajwadi Party

Samajwadi Party

Samajwadi Party is a political party in India. It is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It describes itself as a democratic socialist party...

 candidate, in the by-election provoked by the death of his father. Shekhar got over 295 000 votes. Shekhar's election campaign was supported by Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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, Communist Party of India

Communist Party of India

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 and former Bharatiya Janata Party

Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

 (BJP) MP Rajnath Singh Surya. In 2009, he was re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha

15th Lok Sabha

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from the same constituency.