1985-89 |
Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly |
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1986-87 |
Member, Committee on Petitions, Bihar Legislative Assembly |
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1987-88 |
President, Yuva Lok Dal, Bihar |
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1987-89 |
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, Bihar Legislative Assembly |
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1989 |
Secretary-General, Janata Dal, Bihar |
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1989 |
Elected to 9th Lok Sabha |
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1989-16th July, 1990 |
Member, House Committee (Resigned) |
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April 1990-November 1990 |
Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Co-operation |
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1991 |
Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
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1991-93 |
General-Secretary, Janata Dal |
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Deputy Leader of Janata Dal in Parliament |
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17 Dec. 1991-10 May 1996 |
Member, Railway Convention Committee |
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8 April 1993-10 May 1996 |
Chariman, Committee on Agriculture |
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1996 |
Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
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Member, General Purposes Committee |
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Member, Joint Committee on the Consitution (Eighty-first Amendment Bill, 1996) |
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1996-98 |
Member, Committee on Defence |
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Member, Committee on Estimates |
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1998 |
Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term) |
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19 March 1998 – 5 August 1999 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Railways |
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Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport ( additional charge) (14 April 1998 – 5 Aug. 1999) |
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1999 |
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term) |
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13 Oct. 1999 -22 Nov. 1999 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport |
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22 Nov. 1999 – 3 March 2000 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture |
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3 March 2000 -10 March 2000 |
Chief Minister, Bihar |
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27 May 2000 – 20 March 2001 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture |
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20 March 2001 – 21 July 2001 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture with additional charge of Railways |
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22 July 2001- 21 May 2004 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Railways |
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2004 |
Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term) |
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Member, Committee on Coal & Steel |
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Member, General Purposes Committee |
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Member, Committee of Privileges |
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Leader Janata Dal (U) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha |
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24 Nov. 2005-15 May 2006 |
Chief Minister, Bihar |
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