Happy Birthday :: Lalu Prasad Yadav [ 11th of June ]

June 11, 2015 :: Happy Birthday :: Lalu Prasad Yadav [ 11^th of June ]

Lalu Prasad Yadav (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. He was Chief Minister of Bihar from 1990 to 1997 and Minister of Railways from 2004 to 2009 in the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. He is the President of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party.

He entered politics during his student days at Patna University, and he was elected a member of the Lok Sabha in 1977 as a Janata Party candidate. At the age of 29 he was one of its youngest members of Parliament.

Yadav was born in Phulwaria, Bihar. His father’s name is Kundan Rai and mother’s name Marachhiya Devi.[ He is the 2nd of his parent’s six sons. He attended a local middle school before moving to Patna with his elder brother. He studied Bachelor of Laws and a Master in Political Science from B. N. College, Patna University. After graduation, he got a job as clerk in Bihar Veterinary College, Patna where his elder brother also worked as a peon. He turned down Patna University’s Honorary Doctorate in 2004.