Ram Prit Paswan (born 21 March 1963) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is a two time MLA and also served as a minister of public health engineering department in the Government of Bihar.[2] He won the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election representing Bharatiya Janata Party from Rajnagar Assembly constituency which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community in Madhubani district.[3]
Ram Prit Paswan | |
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| Minister of Public Health Engineering Department Government of Bihar | |
| In office 16 November 2020 – 9 August 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Preceded by | Vinod Narayan Jha |
| Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Ramawatar Paswan |
| Constituency | Rajnagar |
| In office 2005–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Ram Lakhan Ram Raman |
| Succeeded by | Arun Shankar Prasad |
| Constituency | Khajauli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 March 1963[1] |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Early life and education
editPaswan is from Rajnagar, Madhubani district, Bihar. He has a doctorate from Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga.[4]
Career
editPaswan first won as an MLA winning the Rajnagar seat in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election defeating Ramawatar Paswan of RJD. He won for a third time in 2020 election..He was also a Sabhapati (Zero Hour) of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
References
edit- ^ "बिहार विधान सभा सचिवालय - सप्तदश बिहार विधान सभा मे माननीय सदस्यों की जन्म तिथि एवं टर्मवार सूची" [Bihar Legislative Assembly Secretariat - Date of birth and term wise list of honorable members in Saptadash Bihar Legislative Assembly] (PDF). Bihar Vidhan Sabha (in Hindi). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 April 2023.
- ^ Yogesh Yadav (16 November 2020). "रामप्रीत पासवान ने मैथिली में शपथ ली, लगातार दूसरी जीत का इनाम मिला" [Rampreet Paswan took oath in Maithili, got the reward of second consecutive victory]. Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- Navdeep Yadav (17 November 2020). "Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inducts a new cabinet — Here's the full list of cabinet ministers and their portfolios". Business Insider. Retrieved 17 November 2020. - ^ "Rajnagar Assembly Bye Elections 2014 Election Results". Elections India. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- "RAM PRIT PASWAN RAJNAGAR". NDTV. Retrieved 19 February 2017.[dead link]
- Anand ST Das (28 November 2016). "Bihar MLA reaches Assembly in shorts and vest, denied entry". New Indian Express.
- "Rajnagar (SC) Bihar Assembly Election 2021 Results Vote Counting LIVE Updates". ABP Live. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2022. - ^ Soroor Ahmed (18 January 2000). "Top Bihar leaders join Samata". Rediff.