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'''Subodh Kant Sahay''' (born 11 June 1951) is an Indian  politician. He served as three term [[Members of Parliament|MP]] (Lok sabha) of [[India]]. He represented the [[Ranchi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ranchi]] constituency of [[Jharkhand]] and is a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)  political party. He had been holding important portfolios. He was the Cabinet Minister for [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Tourism till 28 OCT 2012]]. He is referred as one of the closest to former Prime Minister Dr. [[Manmohan Singh]] and former UPA Chairperson Smt. [[Sonia Gandhi]]. According to sources, [[Sonia Gandhi]] knew him for his truth and hard work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/Maya-govt-acting-on-whims--says-Sahay/538010|title=Maya govt acting on whims, says Sahay - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref> He was the Minister for [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Home]] in [[V.P. Singh]] government.

Shri Subodh Kant Sahay was born in a religious [[Chitraguptvanshi Kayastha]] family in [[Latehar]],([[Jharkhand]]) to Shri. Brijdeo Sahay and Smt. Indrani Devi.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}}<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Verma|first=Ravindra Kumar|date=1991|title=Caste and Bihar Politics|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41498247|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=26|issue=18|pages=1142–1144|issn=0012-9976}}</ref> He did his B.Sc., LL.B. from<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.india.gov.in/|title=National Portal of India|website=www.india.gov.in}}</ref> [[A N College]], Patna and [[Ranchi University]]. He is a [[Kayastha]] by caste. He involved in social and welfare activities since student days and organised several National and State Level programmes for mobilisation of youth, working for the upliftment of the downtrodden, deprived and minority communities.