Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Bettiah (Bihar )
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Party Name :
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Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Late Shri Jiya Lal Jha
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Mother’s Name
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Late Smt. Kalawati Devi
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Date of Birth
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09.08.1939
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Place of Birth
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Amba Ojha Tola, Distt. Sitamarhi/Sheohar (Bihar)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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11 Jan 1952
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Dev Karma Devi
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No. of Sons
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1
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No.of Daughters
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1
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Educational Qualifications
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Intermediate
Educated at Bihar University, Muzaffarpur (Bihar)
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Profession
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Agriculturist
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Permanent Address |
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Ragadiya Guest House,
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Cold Store, Supriya Road, Bettiah (Bihar)
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Present Address |
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14, Teen Murti Lane,
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New Delhi – 110 011
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Tels.(011) 23794021, 23794004, 9868180095 (M)
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Position Held |
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1972-98
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Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly
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1975-77
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Chairman, District Board, Sitamarhi
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1980-83
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State Minister, Government of Bihar
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1990-98
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Cabinet Minister, Parliamentary Affairs, Food & Civil Supplies,
Health,
PHED, PWD, Building and Agriculture, Government of Bihar
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1999
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Elected to 13th Lok Sabha
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Chief Whip, Janata Dal (U)
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2000-2001
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Member, Committee on Agriculture
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Member, Committee on Ethics
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2000-2004
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Mines and Minerals
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 2nd term)
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Member, Committee on Agriculture
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Member, Railway Convention Committee
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Member, Public Accounts Committee
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5 August 2006
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Member, Committee on Home Affairs
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6 April 2008 onwards
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Minister of State, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
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Social And Cultural Activities
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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
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Special Interests
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Nation-building and upliftment of poor as well youth
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading newspapers, watching T.V. and listening to classical music
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Sports and Clubs
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Cricket, football, volleyball and carrom; instrumental in construction of sports complex in Sheohar
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Countries Visited
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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
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Other Information
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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
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Reference: Loksabha