Ram Kripal Yadav

Ram Kripal Yadav (born 12 October 1957) is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India from the Pataliputra parliamentary constituency. He is currently the Minister of States for Rural Development and former close aide of Indian politician Lalu Prasad Yadav

He represented the Patna Sahib constituency of Bihar in the 14th General Elections 2004 by defeating C. P. Thakur of Bhartiya Janta Party.

He was a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party. He did not contest the 15th General elections in 2009 as the RJD supremo Lalu Yadav himself contested from that constituency. In March 2014 Ramkripal Yadav resigned from his party post.^[1]

Yadav, who wanted to contest from Pataliputra seat. in March he joined BJP and in 2014, he won the Patliputra Lok Sabha seat defeating his niece and Lalu Yadav's daughter Misa Bharti.^[2][3]

Offices held

• 1985-1986 Deputy Mayor, Patna Municipal Corporation
• 1992-1993 Member, Bihar Legislative Council
• 1993-1996 Member, Tenth Lok Sabha (elected in bye election)
• 1996-1997 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha
• 2004-2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha
• 2010 Elected to Rajya Sabha
• 2010- Member, Committee on Defence
• 2010- Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
• Chairman, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Sports and Culture, Bihar
• 1998-2005 Chairman, Bihar Dharmik Nayas, Bihar
• 2014 - Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation

References

External links

• Official website
• Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website

Modi ministry
Prime Minister: Narendra Modi
Cabinet Ministers Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley Defence Manohar Parrikar Drinking Water and Sanitation Narendra Singh Tomar Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad External Affairs Sushma Swaraj Finance Arun Jaitley Food Processing Industry Harsimrat Kaur Badal Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises Anant Geete Home Affairs Rajnath Singh Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Venkaiah Naidu Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar Information and Broadcasting Venkaiah Naidu Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra Minority Affairs Najma Heptulla Overseas Indian Affairs Sushma Swaraj Panchayati Raj Narendra Singh Tomar Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Narendra Modi Railways Suresh Prabhu Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot Space Narendra Modi Statistics and Programme Implementation D. V. Sadananda Gowda Steel Ch. Birender Singh Shipping and Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari Textiles Smriti Irani Tribal Affairs Jual Oram Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi
Ministers of State (Independent Charge) AYUSH Shripad Yasso Naik Coal Piyush Goyal Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman Communications Manoj Sinha Culture Mahesh Sharma Development of North Eastern Region Jitendra Singh Environment, Forest and Climate Change Anil Madhav Dave Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya Mines Piyush Goyal New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal Planning Rao Inderjit Singh Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan Power Piyush Goyal Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy Tourism Mahesh Sharma Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel
Ministers of State Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parsottambhai Rupala S. S. Ahluwalia Sudarshan Bhagat Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh L. Mandaviya Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Disturbution Chhotu Ram Chaudhary Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal Defence Subhash Ramrao Bhamre Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramesh Jigajinagi Earth Sciences Y. S. Chowdary Electronics and IT P P Choudhary External Affairs M. J. Akbar V. K. Singh Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal Santosh Gangwar Food Processing Industry Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel Faggan Singh Kulaste Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises G. M. Siddeshwara Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir Kiren Rijiju Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh Human Resource Development Mahendra Nath Pandey Upendra Kushwaha Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Law and Justice P P Choudhary Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Giriraj Singh Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Overseas Indian Affairs V. K. Singh Panchayati Raj Parsottambhai Rupala Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi S. S. Ahluwalia Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh Railways Manoj Sinha Rajen Gohain Road Transport and Highways Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan Rural Development Ram Kripal Yadav Science and Technology Y. S. Chowdary Social Justice and Empowerment Krishna Pal Ramdas Athawale Vijay Sampla Steel Vishnudeo Sai Shipping Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan Space Jitendra Singh Textiles Ajay Tamta Tribal Affairs Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Sanjeev Balyan Vijay Goel Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi Urban Development Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh

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