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Udit Raj is an Indian Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, representing the North-west Delhi constituency. Raj is also the National Chairman of the All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations. He is an influential leader for the Bharatiya Janata Party as well as nationally as a social activist for Dalits. Udit Raj is a special invitee to the BJP National Executive. He was born in Ramnagar, Uttar Pradesh into a low caste Hindu Khatik family,〔 and studied for BA at Allahabad University. He took admission at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in 1980. He was selected for the prestigious Indian Revenue Service in 1988 and served as the Dy, Commissioner, Joint Commissioner and Addl. Commissioner of Income Tax at New Delhi. On 24 November 2003 he declared his resignation from the Indian government service and formed a political party namely Indian Justice Party. He is a prominent activist working on behalf of India's Dalits. He has joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 February 2014 in the presence of senior political leaders of BJP. In the past he had opposed BJP, but now regards BJP to sympathetic to the Dalits and tribals. ==Early life== Udit comes from a Khatik family. From his college days, Raj has been actively participating in social and political activities which at times also affected his studies- Raj would always jump to the rescue of some student who was meted out injustice. Due to financial constraints, he was forced to divert his attention from social activities so as to adequately prepare for his Civil Services Examination, which he cleared in 1988- Udit Raj was selected to serve the elite Indian Revenue Service. His first posting was at Ghaziabad where he would serve as Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax in the year 1990. He was transferred to Delhi in 1995, where he served at the reputed posts of Deputy Commissioner, Joint Commissioner and Additional Commissioner of Income Tax. In 1997, five anti-reservation orders were issued by the government leading to a tumultuous situation in the country. Organizations of different intellectuals and various departments all over India joined hands and the All India Confederation of SC/ST Organization was formed and Udit Raj was appointed as its national president. Under his leadership, various campaigns were initiated and demonstrations were held nationwide in protest against the Anti-reservation orders. Various national level rallies were organised in Delhi throughout 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000. The media created competition between the rallies organised by him and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which Udit Raj would turn in his favour. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Udit Raj」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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