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Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav
Indian politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav (born 2 August 1954) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He served as the Minister of State of Water Resources[1] during UPA I under then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. Yadav represented the Munger constituency of Bihar and is a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) political party. He won the 2014 Indian general election from Banka Constituency and in 2019 and 2024 lost to Giridhari Yadav from the same constituency.
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Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav | |
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Minister of State for Water Resources | |
In office 23 May 2004 – 6 November 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Bijoya Chakravarty |
In office 24 October 2006 – 22 May 2009 | |
Succeeded by | Vincent Pala |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 2004–2009 | |
Preceded by | Brahmanand Mandal |
Succeeded by | Rajiv Ranjan Singh |
Constituency | Munger |
In office 2014–2019 | |
Preceded by | Putul Kumari |
Succeeded by | Giridhari Yadav |
Constituency | Banka |
Personal details | |
Born | (1954-08-02) 2 August 1954 (age 70) Jamui, Bihar, India |
Political party | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
Spouse | Savita Yadav |
Children | 2 daughters |
Residence | Jamui |
Website | www.rashtriyajanatadal.com |
As of 26 September, 2006 Source: |
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