The 35-year-old Shashant Shekhar, son of Chandra Shekhar Ajit, a Congress candidate, is contesting against a candidate from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), named Ratnesh Kushwaha, from Patna Sahib constituency in the Bihar Election 2025. He is a civil engineer from the 2014 batch of IIT(Indian Institute of Technology) Delhi and pursued graduation from the 2017 batch of prestigious IIM (Indian Institute of Management) Calcutta.

Shashant Shekhar's career

There has been curiosity about Congress candidate Shashant as he turned down a job offer of Rs 1.25 crore. “Jab maine IIT ki aur pehla job mila wo Rs 50,000 ka tha. IIM karne ke bad jo offer mila 2017 mai Rs 1.25 crore ka tha. Ye shiksha ki taakat hai aur aapko isse door rakh rahi hai ye sarkar,” (I received a job offer of Rs 50,000 whe

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