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Ram Vilas Paswan Contact Address, Phone Number, Email ID, Website
Ram Vilas Paswan is a well Known politician from Bihar, India. He is the president of Lok Janshakti Party. Currently, he is serving as the Minister of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution in Modi government. Paswan was born on 5 July 1946 to a Dalit family of Bihar. He is graduated in Bachelor of Laws from Kosi College and did his masters in arts from Patna University. He also passed civil service examination but his determination refrained him to join. Instead, he joined hands with social leaders for the welfare of Dalits. His son Chirag Paswan is an actor turned politician from Jamui.
He started his career in politics in 1969 and he was selected for Bihar Legislative Assembly as a member of Samyukta Socialist Party. In 1974, he became General Secretary of Lok Dal. Later in 1975, an emergency was declared in India and he was jailed for the entire period of emergency. He released from jail in 1977 and immediately after that, he joined Janta Party and won for Parliament. He won the elections with a record margin from Hajipur district on Janta Party's ticket and gets his named registered in Guiness world records. He was the first Dalit to join NDA party again which he had left earlier during Gujarat riots. In 1983, he formed a Dalit Sena, an organization for the welfare of Dalits in India. During his tenure, he urged government for the reservation of schedule tribes for employment. In 1989, he was designated as Union Minister of Labour and Welfare. From 1996, he holds the position as Railway Minister till 1998. After that he was appointed as Union Communication Minister and then Coal Minister. He establishes his own party named Lok Janshakti Party in 2000.
In 2005 Bihar elections, he failed to establish his government in the state. He is a part of all the national collations from 1996 to 2015. He is appointed as Union Minster under six different Prime Minister. Now he is known as the Dalit face in Modi government. He always fore fronted the demands of Dalits to the government Being a Dalit, he is very much concerned about welfare and upliftment of Dalit community.
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