He was born on 31 January 1977[7] to Shri Pushap Dutt into a Kashmiri Pandit family in Nowshera, in the Rajouri district of Jammu.
He served as the state president of the party's youth wing: the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM).
[1] During the budget session in early 2018, Raina led his party colleagues several times in shouting anti-Pakistan slogans in the Assembly to protest against the frequent ceasefire violations by the neighbouring country along the Line of Control (LoC).
[10][11] Raina courted controversy in 2015 when he took oath as MLA in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in the name of "Mata Vaishno Devi".
Protem Speaker Mohmmad Shafi had to intervene in the matter and later he asked Raina to take oath in the name of God.