Party Name : Rashtriya Janata Dal
Constituency : Bettiah
State : Bihar
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Late Shri Jiya Lal Jha
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Kalawati Devi
Date of birth : 09 Aug 1939
Profession : Agriculturist
Positions held :
1972-98 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly1975-77 Chairman, District Board, Sitamarhi1980-83 State Minister, Government of Bihar1990-98 Cabinet Minister, Parliamentary Affairs, Food & Civil Supplies, Health, PHED, PWD, Building and Agriculture, Government of Bihar1999 Elected to 13th Lok SabhaChief Whip, Janata Dal (U)2000-2001 Member, Committee on AgricultureMember, Committee on Ethics2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Mines and Minerals2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 2nd term)Member, Committee on AgricultureMember, Railway Convention CommitteeMember, House CommitteeMember, Public Accounts Committee5 August 2006 Member, Committee on Home Affairs6 April 2008 onwards Minister of State, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Promoting education, helping rural people and handicapped children and other activities of social work; participated in cultural programmes organised at the state, district and block levels; and also participated in seminars conducted at national and state levels
Special Interests
Nation-building and upliftment of poor as well youth
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading newspapers, watching T.V. and listening to classical music
Sports and Clubs
Cricket, football, volleyball and carrom; instrumental in construction of sports complex in Sheohar
Countries Visited
Australia, Bulgaria, Egypt, France, Germany, Newzealand, Russia (Erstwhile U.S.S.R.), Singapore, Thailand, Romania, U.K. (to participate in the World Cooperative Conference) and U.S.A. to participate in the 59th Annual General Meeting of United Nations Organisation
Other Information
Worked for the establishment of two Secondary Schools for girls; DC Inter College and a hostel for Dalits; helped in constructing buildings for 5,000 Dalits under Indira Awas Yojana, Sheohar Bidhan Sakha
