# Ajoy Kumar
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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ajoy Kumar
| image =
| image_size = 250px
| alt = Dr Ajoy Kumar, MP Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|8|10}}
| birth_place = [Mangalore](/source/Mangalore), [Mysore State](/source/Mysore_State), India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office1 = [President, Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee](/source/Jharkhand_Pradesh_Congress_Committee)
| term_start1 = 16 November 2017
| term_end1 = 10 August 2019
| successor1 = [Rameshwar Oraon](/source/Rameshwar_Oraon)
| predecessor1 =
| office2 = [Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha](/source/15th_Lok_Sabha)
| term_start2 = 2011
| term_end2 = 2014
| constituency2 = [Jamshedpur](/source/Jamshedpur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency))
| successor2 = [Bidyut Baran Mahato](/source/Bidyut_Baran_Mahato), [BJP](/source/Bharatiya_Janata_Party)
| predecessor2 = [Arjun Munda](/source/Arjun_Munda), [BJP](/source/Bharatiya_Janata_Party)
| office3 = [AICC](/source/All_India_Congress_Committee) incharge of [Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee](/source/Odisha_Pradesh_Congress_Committee) & Additional incharge of [Tamil Nadu](/source/Tamil_Nadu) & [Puducherry](/source/Puducherry_(union_territory))
| term_start3 = 24 December 2023
| term_end3 = 14 February 2025
| predecessor3 = *Odisha -[A. Chellakumar](/source/A._Chellakumar)
*Tamil Nadu & Puducherry - [Dinesh Gundu Rao](/source/Dinesh_Gundu_Rao)
| successor3 = *Odisha -[Ajay Kumar Lallu](/source/Ajay_Kumar_Lallu)
*Tamilnadu & Puducherry - [Girish Chodankar](/source/Girish_Chodankar)
| order =
| office =
| party = [Indian National Congress](/source/Indian_National_Congress) ({{small|2014–2019}}) & ({{small| 2020 – Present}})
| other_party = [Aam Aadmi Party](/source/Aam_Aadmi_Party) ({{small|2019–2020}})
[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)](/source/Jharkhand_Vikas_Morcha_(Prajatantrik)) ({{small|2010—2014}})
| spouse = Reena Arya
| children = 2
| alma_mater = [Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research](/source/Jawaharlal_Institute_of_Postgraduate_Medical_Education_and_Research), [Puducherry](/source/Pondicherry_(city))
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 3 February
| year = 2012
| source = [http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4577 Lok Sabha]
| signature =
| awards = Youngest IPS to Receive President's Police Medal in Gallantry
}}
'''Ajoy Kumar''' is a former [Indian Police Service](/source/Indian_Police_Service) (IPS) officer, who served in the [15th Lok Sabha](/source/15th_Lok_Sabha) as an MP for [Jamshedpur](/source/Jamshedpur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)). He is the AICC ([All India Congress Committee](/source/All_India_Congress_Committee)) In-charge of 3 states namely [Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee](/source/Tripura_Pradesh_Congress_Committee), [Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee](/source/Nagaland_Pradesh_Congress_Committee), [Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee](/source/Odisha_Pradesh_Congress_Committee) and [Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee](/source/Sikkim_Pradesh_Congress_Committee). He is a member of the CWC ([Congress Working Committee](/source/Congress_Working_Committee)). He is also the National Spokesperson of [Indian National Congress](/source/Indian_National_Congress). He was also the former President of [Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee](/source/Jharkhand_Pradesh_Congress_Committee).
==Political career ==
He was elected as the member of [15th Lok Sabha](/source/15th_Lok_Sabha), from the [Jamshedpur](/source/Jamshedpur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)) [Lok Sabha](/source/Lok_Sabha) constituency in a mid-term election. He belongs to [Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)](/source/Jharkhand_Vikas_Morcha_(Prajatantrik)) (JVM) party, during the 2011 Jamshedpur by-elections held on 1 July 2011, the result for the same was announced on 4 July. He defeated his nearest rival, Dineshanand Goswami of BJP, by a margin of over 1.55 lakh votes.[[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/JVM-wrests-Jamshedpur--state-BJP-chief-resigns/812884/ JVM wrests Jamshedpur, state BJP chief resigns] ''[Indian Express](/source/Indian_Express)'', 5 July 2011.][[https://web.archive.org/web/20120910202132/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-26/patna/29705824_1_young-voters-neetu-chandra-jvm-candidate Tinsel town to steel city – for Dr Ajoy] [The Times of India](/source/The_Times_of_India), 26 June 2011.][[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/marandis-man-wins-jamshedpur-lok-sabha-seat-bjp-loses-deposit/articleshow/9106412.cms Marandi's man wins Jamshedpur Lok Sabha seat, BJP loses deposit] [Economic Times](/source/The_Economic_Times), 5 July 2011.]
JVM is led by the former chief minister of [Jharkhand](/source/Jharkhand), [Babulal Marandi](/source/Babulal_Marandi). A former IPS officer of 1986 batch, Kumar served as the [superintendent of Police](/source/Superintendent_of_Police_(India)) in [Jamshedpur](/source/Jamshedpur) (1994–96), after which he left the police service and joined [Tata Motors](/source/Tata_Motors) as a senior executive.[
In 2014, he lost the election for the [16th Lok Sabha](/source/16th_Lok_Sabha) from [Jamshedpur](/source/Jamshedpur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)) by a margin of almost 100,000 votes to BJP candidate, [Bidyut Baran Mahato](/source/Bidyut_Baran_Mahato).
He joined Indian National Congress on 23 August 2014. After much speculation on nomination for Member of Parliament (MP) of Rajya Sabha (Upper House), he was appointed the National Spokesperson for the Congress party on 26 September 2014.
He was appointed president of Congress party in Jharkhand (JPCC) on 16 November 2017.][{{cite web|title=Congress appoints Ajoy Kumar as Jharkhand unit chief|date=16 November 2017 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/congress-appoints-ajoy-kumar-as-jharkhand-unit-chief-117111601824_1.html}}]
He joined [Aam Aadmi Party](/source/Aam_Aadmi_Party) on 19 September 2019 in Delhi party headquarters in presence of Senior Leaders of Party [Manish Sisodia](/source/Manish_Sisodia), [Saurabh Bharadwaj](/source/Saurabh_Bharadwaj) and [Durgesh Pathak](/source/Durgesh_Pathak). On 27 September 2020 Ajoy Kumar quits Aam Aadmi Party and rejoined Congress.[{{cite web|title='Inspired by Rahul Gandhi and decided to return': Ajoy Kumar rejoins Congress after quitting AAP|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/to-aap-and-back-again-ajoy-kumar-rejoins-congress-return-approved-by-sonia-gandhi}}]
He was appointed the AICC incharge for 3 North Eastern states (Tripura, Nagaland, Sikkim) in August 2021. He was subsequently appointed the member of Congress Working Committee (CWC).
In 2022, he was the first and only leader from Jharkhand to be appointed the member of newly formed AICC Steering committee by the newly elected Congress President [Mallikarjun Kharge](/source/Mallikarjun_Kharge).
==Early life and administrative career==
Dr. Ajoy Kumar was born as Ajay Kumar Bhandary in Mangalore to Vathsala and K.S. Bhandary. His mother tongue is [Tulu language](/source/Tulu_language).[{{cite web|title=Ajay Kumar|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4577|publisher=Lok Sabha|accessdate=26 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101005612/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4577|archive-date=1 January 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}]
He did his schooling from [Hyderabad Public School](/source/Hyderabad_Public_School). Kumar has also served Jamshedpur as an IPS officer (1986–1996). He was the city SP from the year 1994 to 1996, during which he was termed by the media as an encounter specialist. Before this Kumar was assigned as the SP of Jamshedpur, he was serving as the city SP of Patna. During the 1990s Jamshedpur was ruled by local "goons", and crime was at a peak in the city, when the chief minister of [Bihar](/source/Bihar) [Lalu Prasad Yadav](/source/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav), on request of the [Tata Steel](/source/Tata_Steel) MD [J. J. Irani](/source/Jamshed_Jiji_Irani), sent Kumar as the city Superintendent of Police in 1994. In a short time he was successful in controlling and decreasing the crime rate in Jamshedpur.[[http://www.bihartimes.in/Newsbihar/2011/June/Newsbihar28June2.html Exploiting his stint as SP Patna to woo voters in Jamshedpur] Bihar Times, 28 June 2011.][[http://www.doctorindianews.com/?p=6262 From Doc to MP-Dr Ajoy kumar]{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 5 July 2011.]
==Education ==
Kumar obtained his MBBS in 1985, from [Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research](/source/Jawaharlal_Institute_of_Postgraduate_Medical_Education_and_Research) in [Puducherry](/source/Puducherry_(city)).
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120101005612/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4577 15th Lok Sabha Member's Bio-Profile: Dr. Ajay Kumar]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110810043240/http://www.timeswireservice.com/news/From_Khaki_to_Khadi__BJP_beaten_by_former_IPS_in_Jamshedpur_by_poll_1309835321 From Khaki to Khadi: BJP beaten by former IPS in Jamshedpur by-poll]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110518160515/http://www.jharkhandvikasmorcha.in/ Jharkhand Vikas Morcha, Official website]
* {{cite news|title=MP Ajoy unveils to-do list – Focus on ration cards, education, roads & power|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110705/jsp/jharkhand/story_14198351.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205034753/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110705/jsp/jharkhand/story_14198351.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 December 2011|work=[The Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)|date=5 July 2011}}
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