Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Madhubani
State : Bihar
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 5 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 16
Father's Name : Late Shri Rajgir Yadav
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Champa Devi
Date of birth : 17 Nov 1939
Profession : Agriculturist Political and Social Worker,Animal husbandry,Horticulturist
Positions held :
1960-68 Gram Pradhan, Bijuli Panchayat (two terms)1965-67 President, Prakhand Panchayat Samiti, Darbhanga1967-74 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly (Three terms)Chief Whip, Sanyukt Socialist Party (SANSOPA), Bihar Legislative AssemblyMember, Public Accounts Committee, Rules Committee and Committee on Petitions1971 President, Zila Parishad (District Board)1972 President, Sanyukt Socialist Party (SANSOPA), Darbhanga1974-77 General Secretary, Bhartiya Lok Dal, Bihar1977-79 Elected to 6th Lok SabhaSecretary, Parliamentary Committee, BiharGeneral Secretary, Janata Party, Bihar1980 Elected to Rajya SabhaPresident, Election Committee, Lok Dal, Bihar1980-86 Chief Whip, Lok Dal, Rajya Sabha1982-84 Deputy Leader, Rajya Sabha1983 National General Secretary, Janata Party1983-84 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes1984-86 Deputy Leader, Lok Dal, Rajya Sabha1985-86 Member, Committee on Official Language1985-89 President, Janata Party, Bihar1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1989-90 Member, Business Advisory Committee1990 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, Consultative Committee & Ministry of FinanceDeputy leader, Janata Dal, Lok Sabha1990-91 Union Cabinet Minister, Textiles and Food Processing Industries1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)13 Oct. 1999-26 May 2000 Union Minister of State, Agriculture27 May 2000- 6 Nov. 2000 Union Minister of State, Surface Transport7 Nov. 2000- 1 Nov. 2001 Union Minister of State, Shipping2 Nov. 2001 Union Minister of State, Agriculture2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture23 Sep. 2009 Member, Committee on Government AssurancesMember,Committee on Official LanguageMember, Consultative Committe, Urban Development3 May 2013 Member, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs)May, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term)9 June 2014 onwards Member, Panel of Chairpersons, Lok Sabha1 Sep. 2014 onwards Chairperson, Standing Committee on AgricultureConvenor, Third Sub-Committee of the Parliamentary Committee on Official LanguageMember, Advisory Committee, Ministry of Rural Development29 Jan. 2015 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee12 Aug. 2018 onwards Member, Committee on Ethics
More Information :
Books Published
`Gaon Ki Kahani - 1980`, Articles published in various Newspapers like Jansatta, Navbharat Times and Aryavrat Dainik on contemporary issues; Sansad Mein Gaon - Garib Kisan Ki Baat
Social And Cultural Activities
Inclination towards religious and spiritual activities; constructed several temples and public buildings
Special Interests
Travelling, reading, religious discourses and social issues
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Bhajan-kirtan, Exercises, Yoga, Pranayam
Sports and Clubs
Rural Sports - Kabaddi, Chikka and Gulli-danda
Countries Visited
Belgium, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Nepal, Sweden, Switzerland
Other Information
His father was a freedom fighter. He was Minister of two Departments during the tenure of Shri Chandershekhar’s Government in 1990-91; was holding the portfolio of State Minister of four Departments during the Government of Shri Vajpayee Ji in 1999-2004; State President of Janata Party from 1985-1989; President of State Parliamentary Committee of Lok Dal; Secretary, Pindaruchh High School; Founder and Secretary, Lohia Charan Singh College, Darbhanga, Bihar; Attended R.S.S Sakha from 1950-1960 regularly; Joined Bharatiya Janata Party, 1993; Pindaruchh, President, Rashtriya Kisan Morcha, BJP, (two terms); Vice President, Bhartiya Janata Party, Bihar Resigned on 7th April, 1974 as a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly and actively participated in Jai Prakash Movement. Imprisoned for 20 months under M.I.S.A.
