Party Name : Janata Dal (United)
Constituency : Nalanda
State : Bihar
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 6 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Late Shri Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh
Mother's Name : Smt. Parmeshwari Devi
Date of birth : 01 Mar 1951
Profession : Social Worker Agriculturist, Engineer
Positions held :
1985-89 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly1986-87 Member, Committee on Petitions, Bihar Legislative Assembly1987-88 President, Yuva Lok Dal, Bihar1987-89 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, Bihar Legislative Assembly1989 Secretary-General, Janata Dal, Bihar1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha1989-16th July, 1990 Member, House Committee (Resigned)April 1990-November 1990 Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Co-operation1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1991-93 General-Secretary, Janata DalDeputy Leader of Janata Dal in Parliament17 Dec. 1991-10 May 1996 Member, Railway Convention Committee8 April 1993-10 May 1996 Chariman, Committee on Agriculture1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Member, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Joint Committee on the Consitution (Eighty-first Amendment Bill, 1996)1996-98 Member, Committee on DefenceMember, Committee on Estimates1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)19 March 1998 - 5 August 1999 Union Cabinet Minister, RailwaysUnion Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport ( additional charge) (14 April 1998 - 5 Aug. 1999)1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)13 Oct. 1999 -22 Nov. 1999 Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport22 Nov. 1999 - 3 March 2000 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture3 March 2000 -10 March 2000 Chief Minister, Bihar27 May 2000 - 20 March 2001 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture20 March 2001 - 21 July 2001 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture with additional charge of Railways22 July 2001- 21 May 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Railways2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term)Member, Committee on Coal & SteelMember, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Committee of PrivilegesLeader Janata Dal (U) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha24 Nov. 2005-15 May 2006 Chief Minister, Bihar
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Countries Visited
Singapore, Thailand; visited Havana (Cuba) and Moscow (Russia) as a member of Indian Delegation to the World Youth Festival in 1978; as a member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the IPU Conferences held in Australia and France; as Railway Minister, visited France, Switzerland and U.K.; as Agriculture Minister attended Regional Conference of F.A.O. in Yokohama, Japan
Other Information
Activist of J.P. Movement (1974-77); was detained in 1974 under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (M.I.S.A.)and also during Emergency in 1975; Founder-member, Samata Party Movement
