Ram Vilas Paswan was an Indian politician from Bihar and the Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs,Food and Public Distribution in the first and second Modi ministries. Paswan was also the president of the Lok Janshakti Party,nine-times Lok Sabha member and two-time Rajya Sabha MP. He started his political career as member of Samyukta Socialist Party and was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1969. Later,Paswan joined Lok Dal upon its formation in 1974,and became its general secretary. He opposed the emergency,and was arrested during this period. He first entered the Lok Sabha in 1977,as a Janata Party member from Hajipur constituency,and was elected again in 1980,1989,1991,1996,1998,1999,2004 and 2014.
Rajiv Pratap Rudy is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is a four-time Member of Parliament representing Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2023,he won from Saran in Bihar. Earlier,he won three times in 1996,1999 and 2014 from Chapra Assembly Constituency,which later became Saran. He was also an MLA from Taraiya Assembly Constituency representing Janata Dal in 1990. He is also a licensed pilot.
The Lok Janshakti Party was a state political party mainly based in the state of Bihar,India. The party was formed in 2000 when Ram Vilas Paswan split from Janata Dal. The party had a considerable following amongst Dalits in Bihar. The party is factioned into two parties Lok Janshakti Party and Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party.
Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi is an Indian politician from Karnataka and currently a member of Lok Sabha. He was Union Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation in 2016. He was member of the Twelfth,Thirteenth,Fourteenth,Fifteenth and Sixteenth Lok Sabha. He was inducted into PM,Narendra Modi's government as a Minister of State for Drinking Water &Sanitation on July 5,2016. He represents the Bijapur constituency (2019-2024) and is currently a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party which he joined in 2002. He has also been a member of Janata Dal and Ramakrishna Hegde's Vedike Party and Ram Vilas Paswan's Jan Shakti Party in 2001 when Hegde was planning to retire.
Ram Chandra Paswan was an Indian politician who elected four times to Lok Sabha in 1999 and 2004 from Rosera,and later in 2014 and 2019 from Samastipur constituency of Bihar. At the time of his death,he was a member of the Lok Janshakti Party political party. His son Prince Raj won the bye-poll occasioned by his death. He was the younger brother of Ram Vilas Paswan.
Bali Ram Bhagat was an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress (INC). He has served as Member of Parliament (MP) in Lok Sabha representing Patna-cum-Shahabad from 1952 to 1957 and Shahabad from 1957 to 1977. Bhagat has also served as the 6th Speaker of the Lok Sabha and 13th Foreign Minister of India.
Karpoori Thakur was an Indian politician who served two terms as the 11th Chief Minister of Bihar,first from December 1970 to June 1971,and then from June 1977 to April 1979. He was popularly known as Jan Nayak. On 26 January 2024,he was posthumously awarded India's highest civilian honour,the Bharat Ratna,by the Government of India. This was announced by the President of India Draupadi Murmu on 23 January 2024.
Ram Sundar Das was an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Bihar state. He was a two-time Member of Parliament from Hajipur constituency.
Raghopur is an assembly constituency in Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar. It consists of Raghopur and Bidupur.
Rosera is an assembly constituency in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar. The seat is reserved for members of the Scheduled Castes.
Singhia Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Chirag Kumar Paswan is an Indian politician and former actor who is serving as the 19th Minister of Food Processing Industries since June 2024,the 1st president of the Lok Janshakti Party since 2021,2nd president of the Lok Janshakti Party from 2019 to 2021 and a Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from the Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency since 2024. He is the son of late Member of Parliament and Union Minister,Ram Vilas Paswan.
Vijay Kumar Chaudhary is an Indian politician. He has been a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly since 1982,and is currently serving as the Cabinet Minister for Water Resources and Parliamentary Affairs ministries in the Government of Bihar.
Som Parkash is a politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry,Government of India. He was a Member of Parliament from Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha Constituency and an Ex-MLA from Phagwara. He is also a former Deputy Commissioner of Jalandhar and former IAS officer of 1988 batch in Punjab cadre. Som Parkash,who was born on 3 April 1949,is an MA (Economics) from the Punjab University,Chandigarh. He had started his career as a research officer in the Punjab State Planning Board in 1972. Thereafter,he became an excise and taxation officer in the Punjab Excise Department. Som Parkash has served as the deputy commissioner of Faridkot,Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar and has also held posts like the Labour Commissioner,Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) chief administrator,managing director of the Punjab Financial Corporation and director of the Social Security Department.
The list of political families of Bihar state of India:
Pashupati Kumar Paras is an Indian politician who served as the Minister of Food Processing Industries in the Government of India from 2021 till his resignation in 2024. He was also a member of 17th Lok Sabha from Hajipur
This is a list of notable people who bear the name Paswan. There is also an Indian caste that uses the name and surname.
Musafir Paswan was an Indian politician from Bihar and a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Paswan won the Bochahan Assembly constituency on the Vikassheel Insaan Party ticket in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He previously contested the 1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election on a Samata Party ticket,2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election on a Janata Dal (United) ticket,2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election on a Rashtriya Janata Dal ticket,and the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election on a Samajwadi Party ticket from the Bochahan.
Khaderan Singh,also known as Khaderan Babu,was an Indian politician,Indian freedom fighter,philanthropist,social reformer,advocate,and former minister in the Bihar government. He was elected two times as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly representing the Bikram Vidhan Sabha constituency from 1969 to 1972 and 1972 to 1974.
Shambhavi Choudhary is an Indian politician from the Lok Janshakti Party,and a Member of Parliament representing Samastipur in Bihar,India. She is one of the youngest MPs in the 18th Lok Sabha.
