Ajay Alok is an Indian physician and politician who has served as the official spokesperson for the JDU and the BJP. He is the founder of Indira Gopal Institute of Medical Services (IGIMS), Patna. He is known for his oratorical skills and for debating political rivals in televised debates.
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Dr. Ajay Alok was born in 1985 (age 48; as of 2023) in Patna, Bihar, India. He studied up to 8th standard at Loyola High School, Patna and then passed 10th standard in 1989 and 12th standard in 1991 from CSKM Public School, New Delhi. He studied MBBS at Dr. DY Patil Education Society Medical College affiliated to Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra from 1993 to 1997. Worked in Delhi and abroad before returning to Bihar in 1999. He founded Indira Gopal Institute of Medical Services (IGIMS) in 2000 and opened Udayan Hospital in Patna in 2013.
Nitish Kumar inaugurated Ajay Alok Udayan Hospital in Patna in 2013.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 10″
Weight (approx): 70 kg
Hair color: black
Eye Color: Black
family
He was born in a famous family.
parents and siblings
Father’s name is Gopal Prasad Sinha and mother’s name is Indira Sinha. His father was a renowned doctor and was also awarded the Padma Shri in 2004. His mother was an education specialist and died in May 2014. He has a sister named Jaya Sinha Kumra who is a corporate lawyer.
Ajay Alok’s father, Gopal Prasad Sinha, with his mother, Indira Sinha
Ajay Alok (left) with his sister Jaya Sinha and brother Naresh Kumra
wife and children
His wife name is Geetika Kaushik Sinha. The couple has a son named Kunal Sinha and a daughter named Manya Sinha who is studying in the US.
Ajay Alok with wife Geetika Kaushik Sinha (second from right) and daughter Mania Sinha
Ajay Alok tweeted as his daughter completed her schooling in the US
Ajay Alok’s son, Kunal Sinha
other relatives
Grandfather’s name was Nawab Lal. Her brother’s name is Naresh Kumra. He has a nephew named Udayan.
Ajay Alok’s sister Jaya Sinha Kumra with her brother Naresh Kumra
Religion/Religious Beliefs
He follows Hinduism.
Caste
He belongs to the Kayas caste.
Ajay Alok’s tweet about his caste
Address
Boring Road, North Srikrishanapur, Thana – Srikrishanapur, Patna
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Career
Entering politics
In March 2003, gangster Bindu Singh demanded a ransom of Rs 25 lakh from him and his father and threatened to kill him if they did not pay him. He also told them that he had killed a doctor in Kadam Kuan, Patna, who had not given him the ransom money. When Alok approached gangster-turned-politician Suraj Bhan Singh for help, Singh told him that he should enter politics to clean up the system, as such gangsters are protected by politicians. This idea inspired Ajay who was active in student politics and he entered politics in 2003.
Electoral politics
In 2003, he was rejected by a political party from his hometown, Chainpur, on the basis of caste. In the 2005 Bihar Assembly elections, he contested from the Chainpur Assembly seat on the ticket of Ram Vilas Paswan’s party, the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP); However, he finished fourth and received 9,683 votes. In the 2010 Bihar Assembly elections, he again contested from the Chainpur Assembly seat on the ticket of Mayawati’s party, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP); However, he came second and received 32,930 votes.
Association with JDU
After struggling to gain political power in various parties, he joined Nitish Kumar’s party, Janata Dal (United) (JDU) in 2012 and became its general secretary and official spokesperson. He became known for his oratorical skills as he often spoke about the party’s views in English and Hindi TV debates. His positions on various party views were not liked by many party leaders and he was criticized by various party factions. He resigned from the position of speaker on June 13, 2019 with a letter to the then president of the party. On 14 June 2022, he was expelled from JDU by the then party president Umesh Singh Kushwaha for anti-party activities.
Ajay Alok with Shyam Rajak, RJD MLA and Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister at a function (left to right)
Ajay Alok’s resignation letter
Joining BJP
On 28 April 2023, Ajay Alok joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at an event in Delhi in the presence of Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnau as its official spokesperson. Speaking to the media at the event, she said she felt like she had joined the family. She said,
By joining BJP, I feel like I am joining my family. A family headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Ajay Alok joined the BJP in the presence of Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnau
#Aarpaar में अपनी बात हुवे BJP spokesperson @alok_ajay Did you listen to the Gandhi family? #KarnatakaElections2023 #KarnatakaAssemblyPolls #BJP #Congress @AMISHDEVGAN pic.twitter.com/yqhuCNYqb4
— News18 India (@News18India) May 2, 2023
Confrontation
Contrary to JDU’s stand
In November 2016, Ajay Alok was sacked as the JDU’s official spokesperson after demanding that the Narendra Modi-led NDA government release the video of the 2016 surgical strike. Later it was restored; However, in 2022, he was again removed from the post of official spokesperson because he spoke out against the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government and Indian Home Minister Amit Shah over Rohingya infiltration from Bangladesh. He also spoke against Prashant Kishore during his tenure as JDU spokesperson, which did not please Nitish Kumar.
JDU member termination letter of Ajay Alok
Facts/Trivia
- On the night of February 19, 2013, his domestic help Mani stole 50 GEL worth of jewelry, 12 GEL cash, six passports and six bank locker keys from his wife’s house. Police later arrested Mani and her boyfriend Muhammad Amjad Khan and recovered the stolen items from their possession.
- His father, Gopal Prasad Sinha, contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Patna Sahib constituency against Shatrughan Sinha; However, he did not win.
Ajay Alok’s father Gopal Prasad Sinha campaigned during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
- In September 2019, during the Patna floods, water entered his house, after which he criticized the Nitish Kumar government.
Water entered Ajay Alok’s house during the 2019 Patna floods
Photo of Ajay Alok’s Watershed House
- In July 2020, his wife and two children were infected with Covid-19, after which he was quarantined at home. His family later recovered when tests showed they were no longer infected with the virus.
Ajay Alok gets the Covid-19 vaccine
- In April 2022, Patna Road in Srikrishnapur was named after his mother, Indira Sinha, a renowned educationist.
The road was opened in the name of Ajay Alok’s mother, Indira Sinha
- He is an animal lover and has a pet dog.
Ajay Alok with his pet dog
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