Janardan Dwivedi is an Indian politician and member of the

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Early life

Dwivedi was born in Lodhawara in the present-day Chitrakoot district,

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Political career

In May 2009 he took charge from

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, A.K.Antony and

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to look after the party's affairs in Sonia Gandhi's absence.

Controversies

On 6 June 2011, during a press conference in Delhi he criticized

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and the

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. Dwivedi had a unsuccessfully shoe thrown at him as an insult by Sunil Kumar, who claimed to be a journalist from

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state.

Stand on reservation

On 4 February 2014, he urged congress vice-president

to reconsider the party's stand on caste based reservations in India. He said that caste based reservation should end and urged all the financially backward class to get the benefit irrespective of caste. However, congress party separated from Dwivedi's view saying that it was his personal view and not the party's. Congress president

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later clarified the party's stand and said that Caste based reservations should continue for SCs, STs and OBCs.Caste-based reservations must continue, Sonia Gandhi says – The Times of India
Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (5 February 2014). Retrieved on 15 June 2014.

References

External links

Profile on Rajya Sabha website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dwivedi, Janardan 1945 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh People from Chitrakoot district Rajya Sabha members from Delhi