Chandradeo Prasad Verma (21 January 1921– 30 April 2005) was a politician who was elected to the

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, the lower house of

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from the

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in 1977, 1980 and 1996. He was the Union Minister of State for Rural Areas and Employment. He was earlier Member of the

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and a Cabinet minister in Bihar.

Life and political career

Verma was a member of

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community. He participated in

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and was also involved in the labour strike of 1940 in South

Sugar Mills at

Bihta Bihta is a town and Block under Danapur Tehsil in Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar. Bihta is part of Maner assembly constituency under the Pataliputra Lok Sabha. It is located around west of Patna. Bihta is also an upcoming sate ...

(

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) under the leadership of Swami Sahajanand Saraswati. He was put behind the bars for his involvement in this movement. He also took participation in Quit India Movement of 1942 and was arrested by the British authorities in 1943. During this period, he underwent two years of rigorous imprisonment in Central Jail, Patna, Gaya and Phoolwari Sharif camp. He also involved himself in the revolutionary activities after release from jail in 1945. During this period, when the struggle for indian independence was on its peak, he made attempts to blast the Bikram Airport (

) in order to defy the colonial rule. He was made president of Bihar State Leather Industries Association, Patna, from 1957 to 1984; and of Bihar State Telephone Employees Union, Trade Union Patna for 1958-62 after independence of India. Verma was the founder, secretary of G.J. College, Rambagh at Bihta, Patna, in 1957. He also served as president of Jai Prakash Ashram, Paliganj, Patna. Despite holding a number of offices, he was again involved in 1974 ''

Total Revolution The Bihar movement, also known as the JP movement, was a political movement initiated by students in the Indian state of Bihar against misrule and corruption in the state government, in 1974. It was led by the veteran Gandhian socialist Jayaprak ...

'', which was started by

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against the authoritarian rule of

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government from Bihar. Verma also struggled for the cause of low-income groups and lower strata of society and was associated with Bihar State Class IV Employees Association, from 1969 to 1984. As a leader of workers he was a participant in Fatuha-Islampur and

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Light Railway Employees Union from 1984 to 1985. In the later years of his life, he became a member of

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Trust, Patna and remained associated with it till 1990. He was also a member of ''Bihar Rajya Swatantrata Sainani Sangathan'', Patna in 1992, the organisation representing the freedom fighters who participated in indian war of independence from the state of

. Verma was close to

Jagdeo Prasad Babu Jagdeo Prasad (2 February 1922 – 5 September 1974), alternatively spelled as Jagdev Prasad and popularly known as Jagdev Babu, was an Indian politician and a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly who served as Bihar, Bihar's deputy ch ...

, during initial year of his life. He is said to have persuaded Prasad to read various political ideologies and philosophers in order to work for improvement of social status of Dalits. Being persuaded by him, Prasad followed him and later emerged as the emancipator of the lower castes through the politics of socialism. He even founded his own ''Shoshit Samaj Dal'', when he developed ideological conflicts with the leadership of

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Social and cultural activities

He was the editor of a journal brought out by ''Bihar Rajya Swantrata Sainani Sangathan'' and also worked as an Assistant Editor and Secretary in ''Janata'' a Hindi daily published from Patna during 1951–52. Later, he became the Chief Editor of ''Janata'' which became a weekly from 1952 and remained so till 1957. He also fought against social injustice and supported the cause of socially oppressed people. Verma worked for the interests of the backwards and the

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s and took up the case of 384 civilian employees of Air-Force-2 B.R.D. stationed at Gwalior. As a leader of trade unionists, he actively pursued the cause of

Light Railway and Fatuha Islampur Martins Light-Railway employees for their regularisation, who were facing the threat of eviction due to government policies.

Offices held

*1937-48 Member,

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, Bihar *1957-62 Chief Whip, Praja Socialist Party, Bihar *1957-62,1967-72 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly *1967-70 Chief Secretary,

, 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 *1980 Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh) *1980 Member, National Executive,

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*1993-95 Cabinet Minister, Health and Family Welfare, Education, *April 1995- Cabinet Minister, Excise and Prohibition, Bihar *June 1996- Union Minister of State, Rural Areas and Employment

References

External links

Official Biographical Sketch in Lok Sabha Website
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Life and political career

Social and cultural activities

Offices held

See also

References

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