Devendra Prasad Yadav (born 26 November 1953) is a former member of the 14th Lok Sabha of

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. He represented the Jhanjharpur constituency of

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and was a member of the

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and Janata Dal. He joined Jan Suraaj Party in August 2024. He was the Secretary of

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from 1977 to 1979 and was elected to

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from Phulparas but resigned for Karpoori Thakur who became the Chief Minister of Bihar. He was elected to Bihar Legislative Council and remained from May 1978 to November 1989. He was the National President of Yuva Lok Dal. He was a Member of Parliament from Jhanjharpur from 1989 to 1998 and from 1999 to 2009. He was Union Cabinet Minister for Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs, and Public Distribution with an additional charge of Commerce in June 1996 in Deve Gowda ministry and Gujral ministry. During this tenure, he passed the Historical food bill for farmers which is praiseworthy. He was deputy leader of

in Lok Sabha but left soon to join

. He formed Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic after leaving the

but soon re-joined

by merging his party in it.

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