Prabhat Jha | |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Constituency: | Madhya Pradesh |
Term Start: | 10 April 2008 |
Term End: | 9 April 2020 |
Successor: | Sumer Singh Solanki |
Office2: | President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh |
Term Start2: | 8 May 2010 |
Term End2: | 16 December 2012 |
Predecessor2: | Narendra Singh Tomar |
Successor2: | Narendra Singh Tomar |
Birth Date: | 4 June 1957 |
Birth Place: | Darbhanga, Bihar, India |
Death Place: | Delhi, India |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Children: | 2 sons |
Father: | Paneshwar Jha |
Mother: | Amarawati Devi |
Education: | B.Sc, M.A. (Political Science), LL.B |
Alma Mater: | Maharani Laxmi Bai Govt. College of Excellence |
Profession: | Journalist, writer, columnist, politician |
Prabhat Jha (4 June 1957 – 26 July 2024) was an Indian politician. He had been a member of the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh state in India. He was the Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party President in 2010[1] until December 2012. He was the National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2]
Jha was also editor of BJP mouthpiece Kamal Sandesh.
Jha was born in Hariharpur, Darbhanga district, Bihar. He did his schooling from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh India. He was a journalist before entering politics.
Jha was married to Ranjana Jha and they had two sons.[3] He died in Delhi on 26 July 2024, at the age of 67.[4]