Born in the remote village of Rohtas in Bihar, Sanjay Nirupam spent his childhood there and after completing his schooling, moved to Patna in 1980 for higher education. He has been active in politics since his student life and graduated in 1986 in Arts with Honours in Political Science. He moved to Delhi in 1986 and joined the weekly Panch Janya as a Sub-editor. In 1988, he received an offer from Jan-Satta, a sister publication of the Indian Express, which led to his moving to Mumbai and in 1993, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray asked him to join Dopahar-Ka-Samna as Executive Editor. Handpicked by Bal Thackeray in 1996 to represent the party in the Rajya Sabha and propagate the party view point in the Parliament, he resigned from the Shiv Sena in March 2005 and joined the Congress party a month later. His resignation was seen a result of long standing rivalry and hostilities with the late Pramod Mahajan.
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