Late shri Gauri Shanker Pandey (गौरी शंकर पाण्डेय), was a veteran

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politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

and a former Minister of

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...

. He represented Bettiah constituency in Bihar assembly and served in various ministerial portfolios. He was a popular leader of Congress from

and even leaders from opposition party respected him for his social services, simplicity and honesty. After retiring from active politics, he remained in his home village Baithania (near

Bettiah Bettiah is a city and administrative headquarters of West Champaran district ( Tirhut Division) - ( Tirhut), near Indo-Nepal border, north-west of Patna, in Bihar state of India. History In 1244 A.D., Gangeshwar Dev, a Bhumihar Brahmin ...

) for the rest of his life serving the people.

Member of Legislative Assembly, Bihar

He had been a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly during 1969-72, 1977–82, 1982–85, 1985-90

Bettiah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Bettiah Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Bettiah will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting ...

, Bihar. He has held several ministerial portfolios including Road, Transport, Civil Aviation, Law, Excise, Environment and forest in successive Bihar Governments.

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List of politicians from Bihar This is a list of politicians from Bihar, India. It includes leaders from different political parties. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Politicians from Bihar Bihar-related lists Bihar ...

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