Shyam Rajak is an Indian Leader from

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: National People's Party) is an Indian political party, mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has traditionally been Other ...

(RJD), previously serving as the Minister for Industries in the

Government of Bihar Bihar Government is the State governments of India, state government of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Bihar and its nine Divisions of Bihar, divisions which consist of Districts of Bihar, districts. It consists of an execut ...

under

Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician who has been serving as the 22nd chief minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previously held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. He is Bihar's longest ...

. He has previously served as Minister for Food and Consumer Protection from 2010-2015 in the JD(U) Government. He has also served as Minister of State for Energy, Public Relations Department and Law in

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

government in the RJD rule under Rabri Devi. He is whip for main opposition party in Bihar legislative Assembly .

Political career

In June 2009, Rajak quit his post as national general secretary of

(RJD). He joined the

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"), abbreviated as JD(U), is a Social democracy, social-democratic and secular List of political parties in India, Indian political party, rooted mainly in East India, eastern and Northeast India, ...

party and served as National President of Akhil Bharatiya Dhobi Mahasangh. Rajak has represented Phulwari seat more than once. He was one of the key leaders of the previous RJD party led by

Lalu Prasad Yadav Lalu Prasad (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Bihar from 1990 to 1997 with a brief interruption in 1995 and as the union minister for Railways from 2004 to 2009. He is the founder and president o ...

. Rajak was a former minister in Nitish Kumar's government. In August 2020, Rajak joined

(RJD) again.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rajak, Shyam Living people State cabinet ministers of Bihar Bihar MLAs 2010–2015 Janata Dal (United) politicians Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians 1954 births