Devendra Prasad Yadav (born 26 November 1953) was a member of the

14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha (17 May 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian Nation ...

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. He represented the

Jhanjharpur Jhanjharpur is a town and a sub-division in the Madhubani district of the state of Bihar, IndiaJhanjharpur is well connected to the other cities of India with railways Jhanjharpur town is connected with, Kamla Balan bridge, a century-old 220 ...

constituency of

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and was a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal,

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pr ...

and

Janata Dal Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth annive ...

. He was the Secretary of

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from 1977 to 1979 and was elected to

Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the Bihar Legislature where the first elections were held in 1952. The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated ...

from Phulparas but resigned for

Karpoori Thakur Karpoori Thakur (24 January 1924 – 17 February 1988) was an Indian politician from the Bihar state. He was popularly known as Jan Nayak (Hindi for people's hero). He served as the Chief Minister of Bihar from December 1970 to June 1971 (Socia ...

who became the Chief Minister of Bihar. He was elected to

Bihar Legislative Council Bihar Vidhan Parishad, also known as Bihar Legislative Council, is the upper house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India. History A new Province of Bihar and Odisha was created by the Government of India on 12 Dec ...

and remained from May 1978 to November 1989. He was the National President of Yuva Lok Dal. He was a Member of Parliament from

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 H. D. Deve Gowda was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 1 June 1996. In his initial ministry the ministers were as follows. Cabinet ministers Ministers of State * R. Dhanuskodi Athithan, Department ...

and

Gujral ministry Inder Kumar Gujral was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 21 April 1997. In his initial ministry, the ministers were as follows. Council of ministers Cabinet ministers The cabinet ministers in I. K. Gujral ministry were as follows. ...

. 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 Rashtriya Janata Dal. He formed

Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic Samajwadi Janata Dal (Democratic) is a political party in India. Devendra Prasad Yadav is the leader of the party. The election symbol of the party is an air conditioner. On 24 March 2022, SJD(D) merged with Rashtriya Janata Dal. History Party ...

after leaving the Rashtriya Janata Dal but soon re-joined

by merging his party in it.

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