Lalu Prasad Yadav

Lalu Prasad Yadav
Yadav as Union Minister of Railways, addressing in New Delhi on 12 September 2004
30th Union Minister of Railways
In office
24 May 2004 – 23 May 2009
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byNitish Kumar
Succeeded byMamata Banerjee
President of the Rashtriya Janata Dal
Assumed office
5 July 1997
Preceded byoffice established
20th Chief Minister of Bihar
In office
4 April 1995 – 25 July 1997
GovernorA. R. Kidwai
Preceded byPresident's rule
Succeeded byRabri Devi
In office
10 March 1990 – 28 March 1995
GovernorMohammad Yunus Saleem
Preceded byJagannath Mishra
Succeeded byPresident's rule
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
22 May 2009 – 3 October 2013
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byRajiv Pratap Rudy
ConstituencySaran, Bihar
In office
24 May 2004 – 22 May 2009
Preceded byRajiv Pratap Rudy
Succeeded byconstituency abolished
ConstituencyChhapra, Bihar
In office
10 March 1998 – 26 April 1999
Preceded bySharad Yadav
Succeeded bySharad Yadav
ConstituencyMadhepura
In office
2 December 1989 – 10 March 1990
Preceded byRambahadur Singh
Succeeded byLal Babu Rai
ConstituencyChhapra, Bihar
In office
23 March 1977 – 22 August 1979
Preceded byRamshekhar Prasad Singh
Succeeded bySatya Deo Singh
ConstituencyChhapra, Bihar
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
10 April 2002 – 13 May 2004
ConstituencyBihar
12th Leader of the Opposition
Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
18 March 1989 – 7 December 1989
Preceded byKarpoori Thakur
Succeeded byAnup Lal Yadav
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
3 March 2000 – 10 April 2002
Preceded byVijay Singh Yadav
Succeeded byRama Nand Yadav
ConstituencyDanapur
In office
4 April 1995 – 10 March 1998
Preceded byUday Narayan Rai
Succeeded byRajgir Choudhary
ConstituencyRaghopur
In office
8 June 1980 – 2 December 1989
Preceded byRam Sundar Das
Succeeded byRaj Kumar Roy
ConstituencySonpur
Member of Bihar Legislative Council
In office
7 May 1990 – 4 April 1995
Constituencyelected by Legislative assembly member's
Personal details
Born (1948-06-11) 11 June 1948 (age 76)
Phulwariya, Bihar, India
Political partyRashtriya Janata Dal
Other political
affiliations
Janata Dal
Spouse
(m. 1973)
RelationsTej Pratap Singh Yadav (son-in-law)
Chiranjeev Rao (son-in-law)
Sadhu Yadav (brother-in-law)
Subhash Prasad Yadav (brother-in-law)
Children9 (including Tejashwi Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav and Misa Bharti)
Parents
  • Kundan Ray (father)
  • Marachhiya Devi (mother)
Alma materPatna University (M.A., LLB)
Websiterjd.co.in/shri-lalu-prasad/

Lalu Prasad Yadav (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).[1][2][3] He is a former Chief Minister of Bihar (1990-1997), a former Railway Minister of India (2004-2009), and a former Member of Parliament (MP) of the Lok Sabha[4] & Rajya Sabha.

He entered politics at Patna University as a student leader and in 1977 at the age of 29, was elected as the youngest member of the Lok Sabha for the Janata Party. He became the Chief Minister of Bihar in 1990. His party came to power in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election in partnership with Nitish Kumar of JD(U). This coalition ended when Nitish resigned and RJD was ousted, becoming the opposition party.

In 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, RJD remained the single largest party in Bihar, and along with JD(U) in power after JD(U) rejoined MGB in 2022, headed the government until JD(U) returned to NDA. Lalu Yadav was convicted in the controversial Fodder Scam, and was serving a term until 17 April 2021, when he was granted bail from the High Court.[5]

  1. ^ "Scanned Copy of 2009 Lok Sabha election affidavit". Association of Democratic Reforms. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Lalu Prasad Yadav: The shrewd politician's highs and lows". Rediff. 30 September 2013. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. ^ While the Indian media was unsure as to the spelling of his name, in June 2004, he issued a clarification to the media to endure his name was spelt as Lalu and not Laloo."It's Lalu not Laloo and it's official (24 June 2004)". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2005. Retrieved 8 May 2006.
  4. ^ "Latest News of Lalu Prasad Yadav".
  5. ^ "Lalu Yadav granted bail: HC". Hindustan Times. 17 April 2021. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

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