47 Facts About Lalu Yadav

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Lalu Prasad Yadav was born on 11 June 1948 and is an Indian politician and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal.

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Lalu Yadav is a former Chief Minister of Bihar, a former Railway Minister of India, and a former Member of Parliament of the Lok Sabha.

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Lalu Yadav entered politics at Patna University as a student leader and in 1977 at the age of 29, was elected as the youngest member of the Lok Sabha for the Janata Party.

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Lalu Yadav's party came to power in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election in partnership with Nitish Kumar of JD.

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Lalu Yadav was convicted in the controversial Fodder Scam, and was serving a term until 17 April 2021, when he was granted bail from the High Court.

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6.

Lalu Yadav turned down Patna University's Honorary Doctorate in 2004.

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Lalu Prasad Yadav married Rabri Devi on 1 June 1973, in an arranged marriage, and they went on to have two sons and seven daughters.

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Note: Rahul Lalu Yadav is son of Jitendra Lalu Yadav, former MLC from the Samajwadi Party.

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In 1970, Lalu Yadav entered in student politics as the general secretary of the Patna University Students' Union, became its president in 1973, joined Jai Prakash Narayan' Bihar Movement in 1974 where he became sufficiently close to Janata Party leaders to become the Janta alliance's winning candidate in the 1977 Lok Sabha election from Chapra at the age of 29.

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Lalu Yadav quit Janta party to join the splinter group, Janta Party-S led by Raj Narain, only to lose the re-election in 1980.

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11.

Lalu Yadav managed to win Bihar Legislative Assembly election later in 1980, and again in 1985 to become leader of opposition in Bihar assembly in 1989.

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12.

Lalu Yadav was victorious in an internal poll of Janta Dal MLA's and became the chief minister.

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13.

Policy of opposition to English was considered an anti-elite policy since both the Lalu Yadav leaders represented the same social constituents – the backward castes, dalits and minority communities.

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14.

In 1997, due to allegation related to Fodder Scam, a leadership revolt surfaced in Janta Dal, consequently Lalu Yadav broke away from Janta Dal and formed a new political party Rashtriya Janata Dal.

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15.

In 1998 general for 12th Lok Sabha Lalu won from Madhepura, but lost in 1999 general election to Sharad Yadav.

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16.

In 2002, Lalu Yadav was elected in Rajya Sabha where he stayed until 2004.

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17.

In May 2004, Lalu Yadav contested general election from Chhapra and Madhepura against Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Sharad Yadav respectively and won from both the seats with a huge margin with the great support and faith of people of Bihar.

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18.

Lalu Yadav became the Railway Minister in the 2004 UPA Government.

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19.

Lalu Yadav banned plastic cups from being used to serve tea at railway stations and replaced those with kulhars, in order to generate more employment in rural areas.

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20.

Lalu Yadav received invitations from eight Ivy League schools for lectures, and addressed over a hundred students from Harvard, Wharton and others in Hindi.

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21.

In May 2013, Lalu Yadav tried to rejuvenate the party and fuel the party workers in his Parivartan Rally.

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22.

Lalu Prasad Yadav has been elected 4 times as MLA and 5 times as Lok Sabha MP.

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23.

Lalu Yadav was criticised for neglecting development, but a study conducted during his reign, among downtrodden Musahars revealed that despite the construction of houses for them not being concluded at required pace, they are obliged to choose him as their leader as he returned them their "ijjat"and for the first time they are allowed to vote as per their own wishes.

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24.

Lalu Yadav even continued to reside in his quarter of one room after getting elected as Chief Minister, though later he moved to official residence of the CM for administrative convenience.

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Lalu Yadav however continued to rule Bihar due to massive support from "Backward Castes" as well as his emphasis on "honour" which he considered more important than the development.

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26.

Lalu Yadav continuously lambasted the oppressors on the behalf of the oppressed and led to their emergence as the pivot of political power.

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The advent of Lalu Yadav led to a drastic change in the economic profile of the state, followed by the diversification of the occupation of the 'Backwards' and increase in land owned by them.

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28.

Lalu Yadav instilled a sense of confidence among Muslims by stopping Lal Krishna Advani's controversial "Rath yatra".

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29.

Lalu Yadav took part in the public festivals and popularised his famous Kurta far Holi.

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30.

An astute mix of lower caste with minority politics therefore helped Lalu Yadav to establish his hold over the political scenario in Bihar.

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31.

Since the strategy of transfer of unwanted bureaucrats has a limit, Lalu Yadav's government was adamant in use of quota to fill these posts with the officials from the subaltern background.

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32.

Lalu Yadav was an accused party and later convicted in the first Fodder Scam case of 1996.

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The charge forced Lalu Yadav to resign from the office of Chief Minister, at which time he appointed his wife, Rabri Devi, to the office.

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34.

Lalu Yadav has been an accused in many of the 53-odd cases filed.

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35.

Lalu Yadav has been remanded to custody on multiple occasions because of the number of cases.

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36.

Lalu Yadav was first sent to "Judicial remand" on 30 July 1997, for 134 days.

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37.

On 26 November 2001, Lalu Yadav was again remanded, in a case related to the fodder scam.

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38.

Lalu Yadav accused the NDA of creating a conspiracy against him.

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39.

Immediately after the verdict was pronounced, Lalu Yadav was arrested and taken to Birsa Munda Central Jail, located at Ranchi.

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40.

Lalu Yadav was released on bail from Birsa Munda Central Jail, after he completed the bail formalities in a Special CBI court, two-and-a-half months after his conviction.

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41.

Lalu Yadav was convicted and jailed in the second Fodder Scam case of ?8.

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42.

Lalu Yadav was convicted 23 December 2017 and sentenced on 6 January 2018 to 3.

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43.

Lalu Yadav was convicted by the special CBI court in the fourth fodder scam case relating to alleged withdrawal of ?3.

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44.

Lalu Yadav was convicted in the controversial Fodder Scam, and was serving a term until 17 April 2021, when he was granted bail from the Jharkhand High Court in the corruption scandal.

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45.

Lalu Yadav is one of the first noted politicians to lose parliamentary seat on being arrested in fodder scam as per Supreme Court decision banning convicted legislators to hold their posts.

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46.

Lalu Yadav's rule witnessed Yadav caste becoming assertive in the rural and urban landscape of Bihar, leading his opponents to coin the slogan of "Yadavisation" of Bihar's polity and administration.

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47.

Lalu Yadav Prasad has written his autobiography named Gopalganj to Raisina Road.

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