Ganga Prasad Chaurasia is an Indian politician who is currently governor of the state of

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and former governor of

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. He was a member of

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and was the leader of the opposition during the

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regime. He also held the post of leader of the Bihar legislative council during the NDA rule in Bihar. He got associated with

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and remained associated with the same ideology till date. He is an ardent follower of Arya Samaj and served as Pradhan (Head) of the Bihar Arya Samaj Pratinidhi Sabha unit. He is popularly known as 'Ganga Babu' in the political circle.

Early life and family

Born in a business family his father Late Mundar Sah (Aged 109 yrs) was a successful entrepreneur who coordinated with people from the states of east India and

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for his business mostly thorough correspondence. Mr. Sah was socially very active. He became the Mukhiya (Chief) of his location (Khajpura) for 2 terms, which is now part of the

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. Sri Mundar Sah realized the importance of politics in the state of

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and thus pushed Mr. Prasad towards politics and could match the ideology with that of

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. His 3rd son Deepak Chaurasia was ward councilor from ward no.2 of Patna Municipal corporation for three terms but later that ward got reserved as women seat, then Deepak's wife Madhu Chaurasia stood and got elected as the councilor after Mr. Prasad's insistence. His Son-in-law Sri Umesh Kumar,

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(Karnataka cadre), is CID ADGP, Karnataka. His daughter Suruchi Kumari is a businesswoman. And his youngest son is into IT.

Career

Prasad was elected to the Legislative Council of Bihar in 1994 and had been a member for 18 years since then. On 30 September 2017, Prasad was appointed by President

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as the new Governor of Meghalaya. On 26 August 2018, Prasad was sworn in as the 16th Governor of Sikkim, replacing

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Early Political career

1966 – Inspired by the ideology of Shri Shyama Pd. Mukherjee & Pt. Dindayal Upadhaya he joined the political party

. 1967 – He unsuccessfully contested assembly election from

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. At the same time top dignitaries from Arya Samaj ( Pradhan- Ram Gopal Shalwale), (Mantri- Om Prakash Tyagi) stayed at his residence for the work of Arya Samaj and also coincidentally met Balasaheb. Atalji-aryabhawan

During everyone's stay, his father late Mundar sah used to monitor everyone's hospitality and make sure no one had any problem. 1979 – Bihar Vaishya Parishad organised an event for which

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inaugurated the ceremony and Mr Prasad was the Swagat Adhyach (Welcoming Chief). 1980 – When BJP was formed he became the Nidhi Pramukh of BJP Bihar chapter. He is considered one of the first few members of BJP in Bihar. 1985 – He again tried his luck from Danapur constituency on BJP ticket but couldn't succeed. During the election campaign many leaders came to Danapur. Prof. Sukhada Pandey gave a very mesmerizing and inspiring speech which was noticed by the central team. Dadi-atalji

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