Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Purvi Champaran
State : Bihar
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 6 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Late Baidya Nath Singh
Mother's Name : Late Jai Sundari Devi
Date of birth : 01 Sep 1949
Profession : Farmer Social Worker
Positions held :
1967-68 Nagar Pramukh, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (A.B.V.P.), Motihari1969 Mandal Secretary, Jana Sangh1970-77 Organizational Secretary, Jana Sangh, East Champaran, Bihar1977-80 General Secretary, B.J.P., East Champaran, Bihar1980-87 Regional Organising Secretary, B.J.P., Muzaffarpur, Bihar1988-90 President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (B.J.Y.M.), Bihar1989-91 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha1990-91 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of CommunicationsMember, Standing Committee on Industry and Mines1990-93 General Secretary, B.J.P., Bihar1993 - 2000 Secretary, State Election Committee, B.J.P., Bihar1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of RailwaysMember, Standing Committee on Communications1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Member, Standing Committee on CommerceMember, Committee to Review the rate of dividend Payable by the Railway Undertaking to General RevenueMember, Standing Committee on CommunicationsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural GasMember, Rajbhasa Committee, Ministry of Surface Transport and Ministry of External Affairs2004 - 2005 Vice President, B.J.P., Kissan Morcha2006 - 2010 State President, B.J.P., Bihar2006-2009 Deputy President, Bihar State Twenty Point Program Implementation Committee2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Energy23 Sep. 2009 Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of ParliamentMember, Railway Convention CommitteeMember, Committee on Estimates2010-12 Sah Prabhari, B.J.P., U.P.2011-12 Convenor - All India Membership Campaining, B.J.P.2012 All India Membership In-charge, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)2013 Prabhari - B.J.P., Uttarkhand President - All India Disciplinary Committee, B.J.P.May, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term)27 May 2014 - 27 Aug. 2015 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture27 Aug. 2015 - 25 May 2019 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture and Farmers WelfareMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (6th term)13 Sept. 2019 onwards Chairperson, Standing Committee on Railways21 Nov. 2019 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok SabhaMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Electronics and Information & Technology, Ministry of Communications2020 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Election Officer
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Social And Cultural Activities
President, (i) Vaidyanath Seva Trust (ii) Rickshaw Chalak Kalyan Samiti, Motihari, Bihar; and (iii) Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Smriti Nyas
Special Interests
Work for the welfare of rural sector and farmers,SC & ST and the downtrodden; Member, Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh since childhood
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Social Work
Sports and Clubs
District President, Association of Bihar Cricket; Ex-State Vice President, Association of Bihar Cricket
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
