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Born 11 June 1948
Age 76
Birth Place Phulwariya, Bihar India
Profession Politician
Political Party Rashtriya Janata Dal
In Office 30th Union Minister Of Railways 24 May 2004 - 23 May 2009, 20th Chief Minister Of Bihar 4 April 1995 - 25 July 1997, Member Of Parliament, Lok Sabha 22 May 2009 - 3 October 2013, Member Of Parliament, Rajya Sabha 10 April 2002 - 13 May 2004, 12th Leader Of The OppositionBihar Legislative Assembly 18 March 1989 - 7 December 1989, Member Of Bihar Legislative Assembly 3 March 2000 - 10 April 2002, Member Of Bihar Legislative Council 7 May 1990 - 4 April 1995

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Lalu Prasad Yadav BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 09 Feb 2025

Lalu Prasad Yadav, arguably one of India’s most colourful politicians, became the Bihar chief minister at the age of 42 in March 1990. The JP Movement had shaped Lalu, who strove hard amid stalwarts like Karpoori Thakur, Ram Sundar Das and even Ram Vilas Paswan to make his way to 1, Anne Marg, Pat...na. Much water has flowed under the bridge in the years since. While the last three decades of Bihar politics have been dominated first by Lalu Prasad and then by Nitish Kumar, a new, younger generation of leaders are pushing at the limits of their socialist politics. Born on June 11, 1948, in Phulwaria village of Bihar’s Gopalganj district to Kundan Rai and Marachhiya Devi, Lalu Prasad was the second eldest among six brothers. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Law and a Masters in Political Science from B N College of Patna University. He worked as a clerk after his graduation at Bihar Veterinary College in Patna where his elder brother also worked as a peon. Lalu is an unique figure in the hurly-burly of Indian politics and a phenomenon in his hey days. He is one politician who defied stereotypes. Known for his quirky style and mass appeal, there were few leaders in India who could rival Prasad’s charisma and popularity in his prime. Prasad, who rose from a clerk to become a two-time Chief Minister of undivided Bihar and then as Union Railways Minister, has in essence, provided a perfect example of true Indian rural sophistication. His trademark lungi, short and stout body, and sprouted ears have endeared him, in both ways, to the masses of India. His lustrous career kicked off at a tender age of 29, when he got elected to the 6th Lok Sabha, one of the youngest members in the Lower House. In a short span of 10 years, Prasad, a canny political operator, went on to become a formidable political force in Bihar, and became the Chief Minister for the first time in 1990. During his second term, he was charged in the Fodder Scam of 1996 and resigned as Chief Minister in 1997. He elected his wife Rabri Devi, with whom he has nine children, as his successor. Illiterate and a newcomer to politics, Rabri was nick-named "Rubbery Devi" by her critics who alleged that she was a rubber stamp for her husband and a mere figurehead. They said Prasad ran the state by remote control. In 1997,as corruption allegations against him gathered steam,he left the Janata Dal and created the Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD). During the Congress-led UPA government’s first term, from 2004 to 2009, he was Union Railways minister, and was credited with bringing India's Railways back into the black, a feat that led to invitations to speak at business schools. Prasad even found his way into the textbooks—the prestigious IIM, Ahmedabad, introduced a case study on his work in the Railways ministry for its business students. Prasad was prone to wise-cracks and theatrics and often livened up India’s Parliamentary proceedings with puns and other jokes. Prasad, whose politics is based on mass mobilisation of the lower-caste Hindu votes,had come to be known as a champion of social justice. Even as Lalu, who has been convicted in five of six fodder scams and is an accused in IRCTC and land-for-railway job cases, has been ailing for a long period, he has not lost his political heft and salience. He is one of the leading Opposition faces, who has continued to be a fierce critic of the Narendra Modi-led BJP government. While he fights illness and court cases, he has handed over the party reins to younger son Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, even as his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav remains a sulking and maverick political player. Lalu has however managed to transfer his political legacy and support base to Tejashwi, who has taken the centre stage of Bihar politics in his own right now.

Lalu Prasad Yadav PERSONAL LIFE

Father	Kundan Rai
Mother	Marachhiya Devi
Spouse	Rabri Devi (1973),
Children	9 (including Tejashwi Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav and Misa Bharti)
Education	Patna University (B.A.,LLB)

POSITIONS HELD BY Lalu Prasad Yadav

Position	Tenure
Member of Rajya Sabha	N/A
Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly	N/A
Minister of Railways	24 May 2004 - 23 May 2009
Member of the 12th Lok Sabha	N/A
Member of the 9th Lok Sabha	2 December 1989 - 13 March 1991

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Lalu Prasad Yadav PERSONAL LIFE

POSITIONS HELD BY Lalu Prasad Yadav

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Lalu expels son Tej Pratap from party, family: ‘His conduct not in accordance with our family values, traditions’

President grants prosecution nod against Lalu Prasad; BJP nervous before Bihar polls: RJD

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Lalu Prasad stirs row with ‘faltu hai’ remark on Kumbh, blames Delhi stampede on mismanagement

Bihar polls ahead, Rabri Devi’s brother reopens an old RJD wound – ‘jungle raj’

Thaw in Congress, RJD chill as Rahul Gandhi meets Lalu Prasad Yadav; INDIA allies warm up for Bihar polls

'Land-for-jobs': Delhi court summons Lalu, sons in money laundering case

FIR into Bihar post-poll violence names Lalu’s daughter Rohini Acharya