1960-68 |
Gram Pradhan, Bijuli Panchayat (two terms) |
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1965-67 |
President, Prakhand Panchayat Samiti, Darbhanga |
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1967-74 |
Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly (Three terms) |
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Chief Whip, Sanyukt Socialist Party (SANSOPA), Bihar Legislative Assembly |
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Member, Public Accounts Committee, Rules Committee and Committee on Petitions |
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1971 |
President, Zila Parishad (District Board) |
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1972 |
President, Sanyukt Socialist Party (SANSOPA), Darbhanga |
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1974-77 |
General Secretary, Bhartiya Lok Dal, Bihar |
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1977-79 |
Elected to 6th Lok Sabha |
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Secretary, Parliamentary Committee, Bihar |
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General Secretary, Janata Party, Bihar |
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1980 |
Elected to Rajya Sabha |
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President, Election Committee, Lok Dal, Bihar |
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1980-86 |
Chief Whip, Lok Dal, Rajya Sabha |
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1982-84 |
Deputy Leader, Rajya Sabha |
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1983 |
National General Secretary, Janata Party |
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1983-84 |
Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes |
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1984-86 |
Deputy Leader, Lok Dal, Rajya Sabha |
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1985-86 |
Member, Committee on Official Language |
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1985-89 |
President, Janata Party, Bihar |
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1989 |
Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
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1989-90 |
Member, Business Advisory Committee |
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1990 |
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, Consultative Committee & Ministry of Finance |
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Deputy leader, Janata Dal, Lok Sabha |
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1990-91 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Textiles and Food Processing Industries |
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1999 |
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
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13 Oct. 1999-26 May 2000 |
Union Minister of State, Agriculture |
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27 May 2000- 6 Nov. 2000 |
Union Minister of State, Surface Transport |
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7 Nov. 2000- 1 Nov. 2001 |
Union Minister of State, Shipping |
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2 Nov. 2001 |
Union Minister of State, Agriculture |
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2009 |
Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term) |
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31 Aug. 2009 |
Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture |
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23 Sep. 2009 |
Member, Committee on Government Assurances |
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Member,Committee on Official Language |
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Member, Consultative Committe, Urban Development |
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3 May 2013 |
Member, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) |
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May, 2014 |
Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term) |
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9 June 2014 onwards |
Member, Panel of Chairpersons, Lok Sabha |
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1 Sep. 2014 onwards |
Chairperson, Standing Committee on Agriculture |
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Convenor, Third Sub-Committee of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language |
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Member, Advisory Committee, Ministry of Rural Development |
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29 Jan. 2015 onwards |
Member, General Purposes Committee |
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12 Aug. 2018 onwards |
Member, Committee on Ethics |
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