Gajendra Prasad Himanshu is a veteran socialist leader from Bihar, India. Former Deputy Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly and two times Minister in the Bihar Government. Seven times he has been elected as MLA from Hasanpur, Bihar.[1]
Gajendra Prasad Himanshu | |
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| Former Deputy Speaker, Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1967–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Mahavir Raut |
| Succeeded by | Rajendra Prasad Yadav |
| Constituency | Hasanpur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 January 1942 Paridah, Samastipur, Bihar |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Janata Dal (United) Janata Party Samyukta Socialist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Veenapani, Retired Principal - Miller Inter School, Patna, Bihar, India |
| Children | 2 Sons and 2 Daughters - Chakrapani Himanshu - Sushma Himanshu - Deepali Himanshu - Shastrapani Himanshu |
| Residence(s) | Patna, Bihar |
| Education | M.A., L.L.B. |
As of 9 July, 2008 Source: Election Commission of India | |
He is considered to be one of the very honest and principled politicians in Bihar. Twice he had rejected the offer to become Chief Minister at the cost of breaking his party and taking support from congress. Due to his non controversial and clean image he is respected by all the leaders from his own and other parties as well. He is highly influenced by the ideologies of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia. He was closely associated with former prime minister Chaudhary Charan Singh.
In year 1977, he became Minister of State irrigation, Government of Bihar. He was Deputy Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1985. In 1990, he became Cabinet Minister of Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED), Bihar.
He was nominated as Speaker of Bihar Assembly in year 2000, by Janata Dal (United) Government. However, the nomination was withdrawn last minute to retain the sanctity of the House particularly that of the chair's post and would not like to contest the election just to create a precedence.[2][3]
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Sharing stage with Ex PMs Atal Bihari Bajpayee & Chaudhary Charan Singh -
With Prime Minister Chaudhari Charan Singh -
With Babu Jagjivan Ram & Ex. CM Karpoori Thakur -
Taking oath as State Minister Bihar
References
edit- ^ Election Commission of India - Party wise comparison of Hasanpur Assembly Constituency of Bihar [1] Archived 28 August 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Speaker Nomination for Gajendra Parasad Himanshu Withdrawn". Archived from the original on 3 February 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
- ^ "Never say die in Bihar!". The Tribune. India. 10 March 2000. Retrieved 20 September 2019.