Ram Vilas Paswan (born 5 July 1946) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Hajipur constituency of Bihar and is president of the Lok Janshakti Party, political party. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Open seat redirects here. ... is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Khagaria is an administrative district in the state of Bihar in India. ... For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... The Lok Jan Shakti Party is a political party in India. ... Khagaria is an administrative district in the state of Bihar in India. ... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 14th Lok Sabha was convened after the election of April-May 2004. ... For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... The Lok Jan Shakti Party is a political party in India. ...

He is a Dalit Indian politician from the state of Bihar. He currently leads the Lok Janshakti Party which he founded in 2000 and is a member of the Indian Parliament from Hajipur, Bihar. In South Asias caste system, a Dalit; often called an untouchable; is a person of shudra; the lowest of the four castes. ... For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... The Lok Jan Shakti Party is a political party in India. ... Sansad Bhavan, The Parliament of India The Parliament of India (or Sansad) is bicameral. ... For the town in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, see Hajipur, Punjab. ...

Political career

Paswan was elected to the Bihar state assembly in 1969 as a member of the Samyukta Socialist Party ("United Socialist Party"). In 1974, as a follower of Jayaprakash Narayan and became the general secretary of the Lok Dal.He was personally close to the then prominent leaders of anti-emergency like Karpuri Thakur and Satyendra Narayan Sinha. Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Samyukta Socialist Party (United Socialist Party), a political party in India. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Jayaprakash Narayan (Devanāgarī: जयप्रकाश नारायण; October 11, 1902 - October 8, 1979), widely known as JP, was an Indian freedom fighter and political leader, remembered especially for leading the opposition to Indira Gandhi in the 1970s. ... The term General Secretary (alternatively First Secretary) denotes a leader of various unions, parties or associations. ... Bharatiya Lok Dal (Indian Peoples Party) was a political party in India. ... Satyendra Narayan Sinha (also transliterated as Satyendra Narayan Singh) (born July 12, 1917 ) was an Indian politician, participant in the Indian independence movement, and the 23rd Chief Minister of Bihar. ...

In 1975, when emergency was proclaimed in India, he was arrested and spent the entire period in jail. Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

In 1977, when released, he became a member of the ^[1]Janata Party and won election to Parliament for the first time on its ticket. He was re-elected to the 7th Lok Sabha in 1980. Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... The Janata Party (Peoples Party in Hindi) was an Indian political party that contested the Indian Emergency (1975-77) and became the first political party to defeat the Indian National Congress in the 1977 elections, forming the national government from 1977 to 1980. ... Sansad Bhavan, The Parliament of India The Parliament of India (or Sansad) is bicameral. ... The Lok Sabhha (alternatively titled, the House of the People, by the Constitution of India) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...

In 1983, he established the Dalit Sena an organization for Dalit emancipation and welfare. Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... In South Asias caste system, a Dalit; often called an untouchable; is a person of shudra; the lowest of the four castes. ...

Paswan was re-elected to the 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 and was appointed Union Minister of Labour and Welfare in the Vishwanath Pratap Singh government. He has been a member of Lok Sabha since then to date (as of 2005). Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... A minister or a secretary is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. ... Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Hindi: , born 25 June 1931) was the tenth Prime Minister of the Republic of India. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1996, he even led the ruling alliance or Proposition in the Lok Sabha as the Prime Ministers were members of the Rajya Sabha. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Proposition in politics, currently rarely used, designates political parties, factions and individuals in a legislature who are favorable and supportive of the ruling government, as against the Opposition. ... The Prime Minister of India is, in practice, the most powerful person in the Government of India. ... Executive President Vice-President Prime Minister Dy. ...

This was also the year when he first became the Union Railway Minister. He continued to hold that post till 1998. Thereafter, he was the Union Communications Minister from October 1999 to September 2001 when he was shifted to the Coal Ministry, which portfolio he held till April 2002. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Copy of the original phone of Alexander Graham Bell at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris Telecommunication is the assisted transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Coal Coal (IPA: ) is a fossil fuel formed in swamp ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

In 2000 Paswan broke from the Janata Dal (United), to form the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP). Following the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, Paswan joined the United Progressive Alliance government and was made the Union Minister in Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Ministry of Steel. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Janata Dal (United) is a political party in India. ... The Lok Jan Shakti Party is a political party in India. ... Legislative elections were held in India, the worlds largest democracy, in four phases between April 20 and May 10, 2004. ... United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is the present ruling coalition of political parties in India. ... The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers is the administrative unit of two departments namely:- Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals Department of Fertilizers The ministry is headed by Minister of Chemicals and fertilizers. ... The Ministry of Steel is the apex body for formulating all policies regarding steel production, distribution and pricing in India. ...

In the February 2005 Bihar State elections, Paswan's party LJP along with the Indian National Congress contested the election. The result was that no particular party or alliance could form a government by itself

However, Paswan consistently refused to support either Laloo Yadav, whom he accused of being extremely corrupt, or the right-wing National Democratic Alliance thereby creating a stalemate. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a coalition in India. ...

This stalemate was broken when Nitish Kumar succeeded in persuading members of Paswan's party to defect; to prevent the formation of a right-wing government supported by LJP defectors, the Governor of Bihar, Buta Singh dissolved the state legislature and called for fresh elections, keeping Bihar under President's Rule. For other uses, see Governor (disambiguation). ... Sardar Buta Singh is the present governor of Bihar state, India. ... Presidents rule is enabled by article 356 of the constitution of India. ...

In the November 2005 Bihar state elections, Paswan's third-alliance was utterly devistated; the Laloo Yadav-Congress alliance reduced to a minority and the NDA formed the new government.

Paswan has declared that the Bihar state elections has no influence on the Central Government, which will continue with both him and Laloo Yadav as ministers. The Government of India (Hindi: भारत सरकार [1]Bhārat Sarkār), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called the Republic of...

Personal life

Paswan spent early years in Shaharbanni village in Khargaria district of Bihar.

He is married to Reena Sharma-Paswan an upper-caste Punjabi Brahmin from Amritsar, and they have a son and a daughter. Punjabi (also Panjabi; in Gurmukhī, Panjābī in Shāhmukhī) is the language of the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ... The term Brahmin denotes both a member of the priestly class in the Hindu varna system, and a member of the highest caste in the caste system of Hindu society. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

He has two daughters from his is first wife Raj Kumari.

His son Chirag Paswan is going to make his bollywood film debut very soon.[2] Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. ...

Tolerance

Ram Vilas Paswan is a known to be a very tolerate person. Not only did he marry a Brahmin but he has also released several stamps of Hindus admired by the Hindu community. These include the Brahmin nationalist, scholar and peasant leader Swami Sahajanand Saraswati ^[2] and also fighters who defended Hinduism^[3] such as Smarat Prithvraj Chauhan of Ajmer, Raja Bhamashah Jain of Mewar, Rajarshi Bhagyachandra of Manipur and General Zorawar Singh of Jammu. Swami Sahajananad Saraswati (1889-1950), was born in a Jujhoutia Bhumihar Brahmin family of Gazipur of Uttar Pradesh state of India, was an ascetic Dandi sanyasi as well as a peasant leader of eastern India. ... The current version of this article or section is written in an informal style and with a personally invested tone. ... Bhamashah was a remarkable character of indian history who gave his whole wealth to Maharana Pratap, the ruler of Mewar, to fight Mughal Emperor Akbar. ... Zorawar Singh Kahluria was born in 1786 in a village of Kahlur State (also called Bilaspur from its capital) in modern Himachal Pradesh. ...

References

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External links

• Profile on Ambedkar.org
• Profile on HindustanTimes.com dated June 2004
• Homepage on Lok Sabha website
• Paswan Profile on TribuneIndia
• Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website