Name of Member: Shri Chandradeo Prasad Verma
Political Party: Rashtriya Janata Dal
Constituency & State: Arrah (Bihar)
Lok Sabha Experience: 6,7,11
Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha
VERMA, SHRI CHANDRADEO PRASAD JANATA DAL - ARRAH (BIHAR)
Father's Name : Late Shri Ram Kumar Verma
Date of Birth : 21 January 1921
Place of Birth : Purushottampur Painathi in Distt. Patna (Bihar)
Martial Status : Married in 1932
Spouse's Name : Late Smt. Panna Devi Verma
Children : Three daughters
Educational Qualifications :
B.A., LL.B. (II)
Educated at B.N. College, Patna University, Patna, (Bihar)
Profession :
Social Worker, Journalist and Agriculturist
Permanent Address :
(i) Vill. P.O. Purushottampur Painathi Block Bihata,
Distt. Patna (Bihar)
(ii) 165, MIG Flats, Lohia Nagar (Kankar Bagh),
Patna-80002 (Bihar)
Tel. (0612) 350416
Positions Held :
1937-48 Member, Congress Socialist Party, Bihar
1957-62 Chief Whip, Praja Socialist Party, Bihar
1957-62,1967-72 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly
and 1992-95
1967-70 Chief Secretary, Samyukta Socialist Party, Bihar
1970-71 Cabinet Minister, Agriculture, Bihar
1973-74 Secretary, Central Parliamentary Board, Socialist Party
1977 Elected to Lok Sabha (Sixth)
1977-80 Member, Committee on Private Members Bills and Resolutions
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
1980 Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh)
1980 Member, National Executive, Lok Dal
1993-95 Cabinet Minister, Health and Family Welfare, Education,
Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Bihar
April 1995- Cabinet Minister, Excise and Prohibition, Bihar
May 1996
1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time
June 1996- Union Minister of State, Rural Areas and Employment
June 1997
Books Published :
'Smarika' Shaheed Ank
Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
Edited a journal brought out by Bihar Rajya Swantrata Sainani
Sangathan; Worked as an Assistant Editor and Secretary in "Janata",
a Hindi daily published from Patna, 1951-52; Chief Editor; 'Janata'
A weekly, 1952-57
Social and Cultural Activities :
Fought against social injustice; supported the cause of socially
oppressed people and worked for their interests; took up the case
of 384 civilian employees of Air-Force-2 B.R.D. stationed at Gwalior
and were facing termination; actively pursued the cause of
Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway and Fatuha Islampur Martins Light-Railway
employees for their regularisation.
Special Interests :
Reading, writing and gardening
Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Folk songs
Sports and Clubs :
Played hockey and football at college level
Other Information :
Participated in freedom movement; involved in the labour Strike of
1940 in South Bihar Sugar Mills, Bihta (Patna) under the Leadership
of Swami Sahjanand Saraswati and put behind the bars; arrested during
Quit India Movement in 1943; underwent two years of rigorous
imprisonment in Central Jail, Patna, Gaya, Phoolwari Sharif camp;
involved in revolutionary activities after release from jail in
1945; made attempts to blast the Bikram Airport (Patna); President
(i)Bihar State Leather Industries Association, Patna, 1957-84; and
(ii) Bihar State Telephone Employees Union, Trade Union Patna,
1958-62; Founder, Secretary, G.J. College, Rambagh, Bihta, Patna,
1957; President (i) Jai Prakash Ashram, Paliganj, Patna, 1972
onwards; involved in 1974 JPÕs Total Revolution; (ii) Bihar State
Class iv Employees Association, Patna, 1969-84; (iii) Fatuha-Islampur
and Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway Employees Union, Bihar, 1984-85;
(iv) Mahatma Phule Trust, Patna, 1990 till date; and (v) Bihar Rajya
Swatantrata Sainani Sangathan, Patna, 1992
Election Result :
Arrah Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate 11,01,975
Total votes polled 6,44,523
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Shri Chandradeo Prasad Verma (J.D.) 1,92,046
(2) Shri Ram Prasad Singh (S.A.P.) 1,51,005
(3) Shri Rameshwar Prasad [C.P.I.(ML)(L)] 1,46,398
(4) Shri Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav (I.N.C.) 1,24,628
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