Chandradeo Prasad Verma

Chandradeo Prasad Verma (21 January 1921 - 30 April 2005)[1] was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Arrah, Bihar in 1977, 1980 and 1996. He was the Union Minister of State for Rural Areas and Employment.He was earlier Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly and a Cabinet minister in Bihar.[2][3][4]

Chandradeo Prasad Verma
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1996-1998
Preceded byRam Lakhan Singh Yadav
Succeeded byH. P. Singh
In office
1977-1984
Preceded byBali Ram Bhagat
Succeeded byBali Ram Bhagat
ConstituencyArrah, Bihar
Personal details
Born (1921-01-21) 21 January 1921
Purushottampur Painathi , Patna District, Bihar , British India
Died30 April 2005(2005-04-30) (aged 84)
PMCH,Patna ,Bihar
Political partyJanata Dal
Other political
affiliations
Janata Party
Spouse(s)Panna Devi Verma
ResidencePatna ,Bihar

Life and career

Chandradeo represented upper strata of middle peasant castes. He was a member of Koeri community. In one of his election campaign, he made the issue of revival of Ranvir Sena, an upper caste militant outfit, as the focal point of his overall campaigning.[5]

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References

  1. Bhushan, Ravi (2003). Reference India: S-Z. Rifacimento International. p. 361.
  2. India. Parliament. House of the People; India. Parliament. Lok Sabha (1997). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 33.
  3. India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (1997). Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. pp. 117–118.
  4. "Senior Bihar leader Chandra Deo Prasad Verma dead". Zee News. 30 April 2005. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  5. Kalpana, Nira-Yuval-Davis (2006). The situated politics of belonging. london: Sage publication. p. 135,136. ISBN 1-4129-2101-5. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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