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Lalu Prasad Yadav

Born On June 11, 1948, Lalu Prasad Yadav Was The Chief Minister Of Bihar From 1990 To 1997 And Minister Of Railways From 2004 To 2009 In The Ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Bindiya Bhatt | Updated on: 12 Aug 2015, 03:32:25 PM

New Delhi:

Born on June 11, 1948, Lalu Prasad Yadav was the Chief Minister of Bihar from 1990 to 1997 and Minister of Railways from 2004 to 2009 in the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. 

Currently he is the President of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party. He was disqualified as a Member of Parliament of 15th Lok Sabha from the Saran constituency in Bihar owing to conviction for his involvement in the 1996 fodder scam.

Lalu entered politics when he was a student at Patna University. In 1977, he became a member of the Lok Sabha as a Janata Party candidate.

He was awarded with five years of rigorous imprisonment and ₹25 lakh fine on October 3, 2013 for his involvement in fodder scam.

Mentioned below are the positions held by Lalu:

1977: Elected to the 6th Lok Sabha at the age of 29.

1980–1989: Became member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly (two terms).

1989: Became the leader of Opposition, Bihar Legislative Assembly, Chairman, Pustakalaya Committee, Convenor, Committee on Public Undertakings. Re-elected to the 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term).

1990–1995: Became member of the Bihar Legislative Council.

1990–1997: Chief Minister of Bihar

1995–1998: Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.

1997: Parts with the Janata Dal and forms the Rashtriya Janata Dal.1998: Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term).

1998–1999: Member, General Purposes Committee, Committee on Home Affairs and its Sub Committee on Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

2004: Re-elected to the 14th Lok Sabha (4th term). Appointed Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Railways. Also, elected to the Lok Sabha with his party emerging as a key member of the UPA (United Peoples' Alliance).

2009: Re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha (5th term).

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First Published : 12 Aug 2015, 03:30:00 PM

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