Alka Rai

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}

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| name = Alka Rai

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| constituency1 = Mohammadabad

| office = Member (MLA) in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

| term_start = 2017

| term_end = 2022

| term_start1 = 2006

| term_end1 = 2007

| predecessor = Sibakatullah Ansari

| successor = Suhaib Ansari

| predecessor1 = Krishnanand Rai

| successor1 = Sibakatullah Ansari

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| nationality = Indian

| spouse = Krishnanand Rai

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| residence = Mohammadabad, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh

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Alka Rai is an Indian politician associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Alka Rai contested the Uttar Pradesh assembly election held in 2017. She got elected from the Mohammadabad.{{cite web | url=http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=5789|title=My Neta National Election Watch}}{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/mukhtar-ansari-krishnanand-rai-bjp-mla-murder-mohammadabad-ghazipur-4556095/|title=Up election 2017}}{{cite web | url=http://www.india.com/assembly-election-2017/uttar-pradesh/mohammadabad/|title=Mohammadabad – Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2017}}

Her husband Krishnanand Rai was allegedly murdered by Mukhtar Ansari however Ansari could not be prosecuted due to witnesses turning hostile. The judgement observed that “the case is another example of prosecution failing due to hostile witnesses. If the witnesses in this case had the benefit of the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018, during trial, the result may have been different.”[https://www.rediff.com/news/report/mukhtar-ansari-let-off-in-2005-murder-case-of-bjp-mla/20190703.htm, Ansaris acquitted in Krishnanand Rai murder case][https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/ansaris-acquitted-in-mla-murder-case/article28276196.ece, Ansaris found not guilty in 2005 MLA murder case]