Neeraj Shekhar, a Rajya Sabha MP, would be contesting on BJP ticket from Ballia Parliamentary constituency.

He was born at Ibrahimpatti in Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh on November 10, 1968.. He belongs to a Rajput family and he is the son of the former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar .On 29 December 2007, he contested and won from the Ballia constituency as a Samajwadi Party candidate, in the by-election held due to the death of his father. He got over 295,000 votes.

In 2009, he was re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the same constituency.However, he was defeated in 2014 by Bharat Singh.Currently, he is a Rajya Sabha member.He is married Sushma Shekhar and has 2 children.