Jitendra Prasada

Jitendra Prasada
Vice President, All India Congress Committee
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
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseKanta Prasada
Children2 (incl. Jitin Prasada)
Parents
  • Kunwar Jyoti Prasada (father)
  • Pamela Devi (mother)
As of 9 March, 2009
Source: [1]

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[1] but was defeated. He died on 16 January 2001 in New Delhi following a cerebral haemorrhage.[2]

  1. ^ "Congress president elections : Sonia vs Jitendra Prasad". 6 November 2000. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  2. ^ MITRA, Sumit. "Congress leader Jitendra Prasada passes away". India Today. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.