Jagdambika Pal

Jagdambika Pal (born 21 October 1950)[1] is an Indian politician who was a member of 15th Lok Sabha & 16th Lok Sabha and was a leader of Indian National Congress, until he resigned on 7 March 2014. After that he joined Bharatiya Janta Party on 19 March 2014[2] and won the 2014 Indian general elections from the Domariyaganj Lok Sabha Constituency.[3]

Jagdambika Pal
Member of Parliament in 15th, 16th and 17th Lok Sabha
Assumed office
2009
Preceded byMohammed Muqueem
ConstituencyDomariyaganj
Personal details
Born (1950-10-21) 21 October 1950
basti Bharvaliya, Uttar Pradesh, India
Citizenship India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)
Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress
Spouse(s)
Sneh Lata Pal
(
m. 1975)
Children1 son, 2 daughters
EducationMA & LLB
Alma materAwadh University
Gorakhpur University

He served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for one day (21 February 1998) when Governor of Uttar Pradesh Romesh Bhandari dismissed Kalyan Singh government which was later restored after courts order.[4] Jagdambika Pal is thus the shortest reigning chief minister of any Indian state.

Political career

He was member of Indian National Congress. He parted his from the Indian National Congress to join All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) of N. D. Tiwari but in 1997, he formed Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress along with Naresh Agarwal, Rajeev Shukla and Shyam Sunder Sharma and Bacha Pathak and became minister of transport in Kalyan Singh government.

Later, Jagdambika Pal became the president of the Uttar Pradesh state unit of the Indian National Congress.

In 2009 he was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Domariyaganj Lok Sabha constituency in Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh.

On 3 July 2011, Jagdambika Pal and other members of Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India, opened Commemorative plaque at Mahua Dabar, where the British massacred 5,000 people during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.[5]

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

When, the Uttar Pradesh state government led by Kalyan Singh was dismissed on 21 February 1998 by Governor of Uttar Pradesh Romesh Bhandari, he became the Chief Minister. Kalyan Singh moved Allahabad High Court which termed the dismissal of government unconstitutional on 23 February 1998, thereby reinstating the Kalyan Singh government.

Personal life

He was born in a Kshatriya Rajput family[6] to Surya Baksha Pal and Mool Rajidevi at bharvaliya village of Bankati Block in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh state. He founded Surya Baksha Pal Girls Inter college and Surya Baksha Pal Post Graduate Degree College at Bankati, Basti district.

Positions held
  • 1982-93 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (two terms)
  • 1988-1999 Minister of State, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
  • 1998 Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
  • 1993-2007 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly ( three terms)
  • 2002 Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
  • 2009 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha (INC) from Domariyaganj Member, Committee on Energy; Member, Committee on Petitions; Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADs); Member, Committee on Chemical and Fertilizers; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Ministry of Tourism
  • 2014 Resigned from 15th Lok Sabha and Indian national Congress party
  • 2014 Elected to 16th Lok Sabha (BJP) from Domariyaganj.
  • 2019 Elected to 17th Lok Sabha from Domariyaganj.

References
  1. "Detailed Profile - Shri Jagdambika Pal - Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India". Archive.india.gov.in. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. "Jagdambika Pal, comedian Raju Srivastava join BJP, endorse Narendra Modi". Zee News. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  3. "Jagdambika Pal resigns from Lok Sabha and Indian National Congress". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  4. https://zeenews.india.com/india/uttar-pradesh-once-had-a-one-day-cm-heres-why_1964468.html
  5. Mahua Dabar commemorative plaque
  6. Trouble within: Rajput lobby sore over rejig
Political offices
Preceded by
Kalyan Singh		 Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (de facto)
21 February 1998 – 23 February 1998		 Succeeded by
Kalyan Singh
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