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- Current (Aug 2017) Union
MInister of Food and Public
Distribution.
- He is also the President of the
Lok Janshakti Party.
- He is eight time Lok Sabha
member and former Rajya Sabha MP.
- Started his political career as
member of Samyukta Socialist Party
and was elected to the Bihar
Legislative Assembly in 1969.
- Next he joined Lok Dal upon its
formation in 1974, and became its
general secretary.
- He opposed the emergency,
and was arrested
during the period.
- Subsequently, in 2004 he
joined the ruling United Progressive
Alliance government and remained a
Union Minister in Ministry of
Chemicals and Fertilizers and
Ministry of Steel.
- He lost the 2009 Lok Sabha
elections.
- He ws a Rajya Sabha member from
2010 to 2014.
- He was elected again to the 16th
Lok Sabha in the 2014 Indian general
election from Hajipur constituency.
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