Janak Ram

Priyanka

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(m. 2008)​

Janak Ram
Minister of SC & ST Welfare Government of Bihar
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 March 2024
Children	1 son, 1 daughter
Parents	Rambali Ram (father) Ilayachi Devi (mother)
Education	M.A.
Alma mater	Rajendra College, Chapra
Profession	Politician

Janak Ram is an Indian politician and current Minister of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Welfare in the Government of Bihar. He is a former Member of the Lok Sabha from Gopalganj. He won the 2014 Indian general election as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. ^[1]

Political career

Janak Ram had contested his maiden election in 2014 Indian general election from Gopalganj on a BJP ticket where he emerged victorious by a margin of 2,86,936 votes defeating Jyoti Bharti of Congress. In 2019, he was denied ticket after Nitish Kumar had returned to NDA and the Gopalganj seat had gone to JDU in seat sharing agreement. He was later nominated as the member of Bihar Legislative Council from Governor's quota ^[2] and was made the Minister of Mines & Geology in Nitish Kumar cabinet from February 2021 to August 2022. ^[3] On 15 March 2024 he was inducted into Nitish Kumar cabinet and was given the charge of Department of SC/ST Welfare. ^[4]

Personal life

He is married to Kumari Priyanka and has 1 son, and a daughter. ^[5]

References

1. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
2. "12 nominated to Bihar Upper House; BJP, JD(U) get equal share of seats". Hindustan Times. 17 March 2021.
3. "Nitish expands cabinet; Shahnawaz Hussain, Sushant Singh Rajput's brother among those sworn in". The New Indian Express. 9 February 2021.
4. "Bihar cabinet gets 21 more ministers in much-awaited expansion". The New Indian Express. 15 March 2024.
5. "JANAK RAM : Bio, Political life, Family & Top stories". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 August 2022.