Laloo Yadav

Laloo Prasad Yadav (Devanagari:लालू पृसाद य़ादव)(officially spelt Lalu Prasad) (born 1947-06-11) is the chief of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party of India. He is also a former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Bihar, and is the husband of Bihar's recent Chief Minister, Rabri Devi. In 2004, he was elected to the Lok Sabha with his party emerging as a key ally of the Congress. As of 2005, he is the Minister for Railways in the Manmohan Singh government. He is one of the most parodied politicians from India. Most of the parodies mimic his rustic dialect (of Hindi) and his typical Bihari (Bhojpuri) accent and dialect. Download high resolution version (480x640, 63 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (480x640, 63 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Rigveda manuscript in Devanagari (early 19th century) DevanāgarÄ« (देवनागरी — in English pronounced ) (ISCII – IS13194:1991) [1] is an abugida alphabet used to write several Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Bihari, Bhili, Konkani, Bhojpuri and Nepali from Nepal. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD; the name means National Peoples Party) is a political party in India. ... A Chief Minister is the elected Head of Government of a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British overseas territory that has attained self-government. ... For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... Rabri Devi Rabri Devi (born 1959) is the 30th chief minister of Bihar (Term: March 11, 2000 - 2005 (5 years)). She is from the Rashtriya Janata Dal. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of Parliament of India. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Dr. Manmohan Singh (Gurmukhi: ਮਨਮੋਹਨ ਸਿੰਘ, Devanagari: मनमोहन सिंह) is the fourteenth, and current, Prime Minister of India. ... Bihari is a name given to a group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in the Bihar region of India. ... Categories: Indo-Aryan languages | Languages of India | Language stubs ...

Personal life

Laloo was born to Late Kundan Rai at Phulwaria, Distt. Gopalganj (Bihar). He married Rabri Devi in 1973 and has two sons and seven daughters. He is an arts graduate. Gopalganj can refer to: Gopalganj, a district (zila) of Bangladesh, as well as a subdistrict of this district and a town in this subdistrict. ... Rabri Devi Rabri Devi (born 1959) is the 30th chief minister of Bihar (Term: March 11, 2000 - 2005 (5 years)). She is from the Rashtriya Janata Dal. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...

Political Career

Laloo is one of India's most famous politicians and is a formidable force in Indian state of Bihar, which his Rashtriya Janata Dal has governed for the past 15 years. Bihar (बिहार in Devanagri) is a state situated in the eastern part of India. ... The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD; the name means National Peoples Party) is a political party in India. ...

Positions Held

• 1977 Elected to 6th Lok Sabha
• 1980-1989 Member, Legislative Assembly (two terms) of Bihar.
• 1989 Leader of Opposition, Bihar Legislative Assembly, Chairman, Pustakalaya Committee, Convenor, Committee on Public Undertakings, Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
• 1990-1995 Member, Bihar Legislative Council
• 1990-1997 Chief Minister, Bihar
• 1995-1998 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly
• 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
• 1998-1999 Member, General Purposes Committee, Committee on Home Affairs and its Sub-Committee on Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• 2004 Re-elected to the 13th Lok Sabha (4th term).Appointed as Cabinet Minister looking after the Ministry of Railways.

Career Highlights

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In 1996 police unearthed a big corruption scandal (Animal Husbandry Scam/Fodder scam) in Bihar (going back into the previous Congress government) which allegedly involved him and the state's leading bureaucrats and politicians. His appeal is based on the mass mobilisation of the lower caste Hindu and Muslim votes, and is regarded as the champion of social justice . The fodder scam forced him to resign as chief minister and his wife, Rabri Devi, became his successor. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Rabri Devi Rabri Devi (born 1959) is the 30th chief minister of Bihar (Term: March 11, 2000 - 2005 (5 years)). She is from the Rashtriya Janata Dal. ...

He formed the Rashtriya Janata Dal in 1997, after breaking away from the Janata Dal. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD; the name means National Peoples Party) is a political party in India. ...

Railway minister in UPA Government

In August, 2005, just before the assembly polls in Bihar, Lalu (as the Railway Minister in UPA Government) promised model railway stations, gauge conversion works and employment in Railways. Lalus's list of railway stations to be developed as "model stations" included 7 stations from Bihar and only 2 from the rest of India. The seven stations in Bihar included Madhepura, Darbhanga, Patna, Kishenganj, Motihari, Araria and another station. Lalu also "found" 80,000 old C and D grade vacancies in the Railways to lure the voters. The vacancies had existed for over half a decade and Nitish Kumar (his bete noire and his preceder in the Railway Ministry) had also referred them to lure voters during earlier parliamentary elections. However, Nitish Kumar didn't last as Railway Minister for long, as National Democratic Alliance failed to return to power. Apart from this, Lalu cut the general and second class fare by one rupee. He also made annouceed that E-ticketing has been implemented. He also annouced plans for open ticketing and a new scheme on upgradation of lower class passengers to a higher class automatically. On August 14, 2005, Railways' advertisements appeared in newspapers like Times of India (Hum laaye hain toofaan se rail ko nikaal ke). The advertisement claimed that Lalu was "A visionary who scripted the financial turnaround of Indian Railways". The ad gave a comparision of Railways's financial situation in 2001 and 2005 and claimed that Indian Railways, which was a loss-making entity in 2001, had turned into a profit-making entity. However, on the same day, Mumbai Mirror reported: "...A supreme irony is while Lalu looks for more avenues to milk railways in the run up to the Bihar polls, his department has registered losses on parcel running into around Rs. 700 crore." 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Bihar (बिहार in Devanagri) is a state situated in the eastern part of India. ... Bihar (बिहार in Devanagri) is a state situated in the eastern part of India. ... Madhepura is an administrative district in the state of Bihar in India. ... Districts : Darbhanga Division (derbÅ­ng´ge) , city (1991 pop. ... Patna (पटना)is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world. ... Motihari is the headquarters of East Champaran district in the state of Bihar, in India. ... Araria is an administrative district in the state of Bihar in India. ... The National Democratic Alliance is a name used by at least two groups India - National Democratic Alliance (India) Iraq - National Democratic Alliance (Iraq) Sudan - National Democratic Alliance (Sudan) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Rupee (₨ or Rs. ... August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... The Common Man featured on a commemorative stamp released by the Indian Postal Service on the 150th Anniversary of the Times of India - 1988. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Mumbai Mirror is Indias first compact newspaper, serving the city of Mumbai. ...

Political Skills, Deficiencies, And Future Potential

The caste system on the Indian subcontinent has been called the oldest social hierarchy in the world. Laloo Yadav, like his fellow casteman Mulayam Singh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh, managed to turn things upside down in the caste equation by forging what he calls a Muslim-Yadav alliance, with the rest of the backward castes being "boggies" to the "MY" train. His alliance has been enduring, his message of social justice loud. The word Caste is derived from the Portuguese word casta, meaning lineage, breed or race. ... Composite satellite image of the Indian subcontinent Map of South Asia. ... Mulayam Singh Yadav Mulayam Singh Yadav (born November 21, 1939) is a politician in Uttar Pradesh, India. ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش), also popularly known by its acronym UP, is the fifth largest and the most populous state in India. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is an adherent of Islam. ... Yadavs, also known as Yadavas, Ahirs or Yaduvanshis, are a Hindu caste in India and Nepal. ... Social Justice is a concept that has fascinated philosophers ever since Plato rebuked the young Sophist, Thrasymachus, for asserting that justice was whatever the strongest decided it would be. ...

"Swarg nahin diya, lekin swar to diya." (I did not give them paradise, but I did give them voice.) That quote from him summarizes his achievements and failures. Whereas his theme of social justice has been for real, he has not been able to do a whole lot to alleviate the poverty in Bihar. He did not create the poverty, but he did not much alleviate it either. But his track record is not as bad as his critics claim. The World Bank actually lauded his party for its work in the 1990s on the economic front. Poverty is the state of being without, often associated with need, hardship and lack of resources across a wide range of circumstances. ... Bihar (बिहार in Devanagri) is a state situated in the eastern part of India. ...

Even on social justice, he has his fellow Bihari Ram Vilas Paswan trying to forge an alternate Dalit-Muslim alliance, so far with little success. Ram Vilas Paswan Ram Vilas Paswan (born July 5, 1946) is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. ...

Already Laloo is the second most powerful person in the Union cabinet. Will he ever become Prime Minister? That is highly unlikely, but not improbable. A non-BJP, non-Congress third front government in which all members are small, and his RJD is one of the biggest members might herald such a possibility, but that can not be seen on the immediate horizon. His party has little presence outside of Bihar. BJP could mean one of Indias largest political parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party British Journal of Photography British Journal of Psychiatry British Journal of Pharmocology This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD; the name means National Peoples Party) is a political party in India. ...

For all his histrionics and colorful one-liners - he is supposedly more famous worldwide than Bill Clinton - Laloo remains a Bihar strongman. His base at the centre is also derived solely from Bihar. William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. ...

But so far he has shown uncanny political skills. He is smart and rather well educated, contrary to his buffoon image.

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External links

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Laloo Prasad Yadav

• Profile of Laloo on BBC as of March 2004.
• Laloo Prasad Yadav in various disguises
• Interview with Laloo on Asia Times from September 2004
• Laloo Prasad Yadav People - Indiatimes
• In a class of his own: Laloo Bihar Times
• Why Surjeet loves Laloo Yadav Rediff January 8, 2003
• Laloo! Laloo! Rediff August 14, 2003
• Laloo, Rudy locked in Yadav-Rajput battle - Deccan Herald April 25, 2004
• Laloo Yadav playing 'politics of fraud': Nitish Express India August 6, 2005
• The Making of Laloo Yadav: The Unmaking of Bihar Calcutta Telegraph July 28, 2000
• Don't be Misled by Laloo Yadav's Praises for Musharraf South Asia Tribune September 6, 2003
• BBC NEWS | South Asia | The lord of Bihar April 30, 2004
• BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Laloo Prasad sent to jail November 26, 2001
• In praise of Laloo Yadav Deccan Herald May 10, 2003