Indrajit Saroj was born on 1 January 1963 in Nagreha Khurd Paschim Sharira of then
Allahabad now
Kaushambi. His father Maideen was a farmer. Influenced by the ideas of
Babasaheb Ambedkar from his student life, Indrajit Saroj continued to participate in political activities and movements, he graduated from
Allahabad University in 1985, after which he came into the main political stream and Bahujan Samaj Party inspired by Manyavar
Kanshi Ram joined in. He was elected MLA for the first time from Manjhanpur in the 1996 assembly elections. He has been cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh several times. He is a four time MLA from Manjhanpur Vidhansabha till now and though he lost the election to BJP's Lal Bahadur in 2017 assembly election. After differences with Mayawati, he left Bahujan Samaj Party in 2018 and joined
Samajwadi Party, currently he is the Deputy Leader of opposition the House in
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and also National General Secretary of
Samajwadi Party. ==Personal life==