Neeraj Shekhar
Neeraj Shekhar Singh is an Indian politician. He is the son of the former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and Duja Devi. On 29 December 2007, he contested and won from the Ballia constituency as a Samajwadi Party candidate, in the by-election held due to the death of his father. He got over 295,000 votes.
In 2009, he was re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the same constituency. Currently, he is a Rajya Sabha member.
His election campaign was supported by Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India and former Bharatiya Janata Party MP Rajnath Singh. He left Samajwadi Party on 15 July 2019 and resigned as Rajya Sabha MP on same date and joined Bharatiya Janata Party.
