Prem Chandra Mishra is an Indian politician and member of the

Bihar Legislative Council Bihar Legislative assembly also known as Bihar Vidhan Parishad 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 Decem ...

. In the elections on 23 March, 11 candidates were elected unopposed. He is also the

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media panelist.

Early life and career

Mishra was born on 25 December 1961. He studied in Watson School, Madhubani. He joined the

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at the age of 17. He participated in many events in Madhubani. He was recognised by the then

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Shri

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and senior leaders like

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and was made All India NSUI General Secretary. He was given the charge of A number of states like

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and

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. He conducted massive rally's for the congress party and got appointed as the President of Bihar NSUI. Since his early days he was passionate about social work. In his pursuit of passion, he actively participated in the politics since school days.

Political career

Petition In Fodder Scam

*He is popularly known for being one of the chief petitioner's in the fodder scam against the then

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. The other petitioner's were Sushil Modi from BJP, Shivanand Tiwari from Rjd, Saryu Rai from BJP and Rajiv Ranjan alias Lallan Singh from JD(U). He was suspended from the party by

for doing so but later brought back when Mrs.

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took charge as the

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President. It is believed that the Congress party lost its golden opportunity to take a firm stand against

and make itself strong again in Bihar when his stand was disowned. *His Anti Lalu Stand caused him to lose the chance of becoming the President of All India Youth Congress.

who had a soft corner for

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and leaders like

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(accused in fodder scam) in 1994 convinced the then Congress President

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to cancel his appointment with immediate effect. The reason was the standby support by Lalu's Party in the loksabha to the

Role in Bihar Politics

* Mishra surrounded the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1994 with around 15000

workers in a reaction to the shooting of a student by Bihar Police in Dalsinghsarai. The then Patna SP Ajoy Kumar who later joined the congress in jharkhand was unable to control the angry crowd. Ultimately, The Chief Minister had to give monetary concession to the injured student and the medical expenses were taken care of as a result of the protest. *After he left the post of Bihar NSUI President in 1995 the NSUI in Bihar became weaker. Many leaders from under his tenure left the NSUI to join other regional parties. Ajit Kumar became a minister in Nitish Kumar's Government and Kaushal Yadav became a MLA too.

Maithili Language

* He has been addressing a lot of people on a lot of occasions in Bihar and in Delhi about the political avarice Mr.

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has for Maithili Language. He thanked Former Prime Minister Shri

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in the

for inclusion of Maithili Language in the

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but went on to say that it's very sad that for past 2 decades Maithili isn't being taught in the schools of Bihar. He believes that this will not allow people to become Civil Servants by opting Maithili as an optional subject in the UPSC CSE because no teachers have been appointed. He says Mr.

should make Maithili a compulsory subject in the schools of Bihar because Majority of People in Bihar speak in Maithili Bhasha.

Positions Held in Org.

* Madhubani District NSUI President. * All India NSUI Secretary/ General Secretary. * Bihar NSUI President. * Secretary Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee. * Chief Spokesman Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee. * General Secretary Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee. * Vice President Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee. * All India Congress Committee Media Panelist Spokesman.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mishra, PremChandra Members of the Bihar Legislative Council Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar Bihar People's Party politicians 1961 births Living people Patna University alumni