Ram Vilas Paswan
Personal Profile
Ram Vilas Paswan
Date of Birth:
July 5, 1946Zodiac Sign:
CancerPlace of Birth:
Khagaria, Bihar, IndiaSex:
MaleHair Color:
Black Eye Color:
BrownNationality:
IndianReligion:
HinduismAddress:
Khagaria, India
Family
Ram Vilas Paswan
Spouse:
Raj Kumari
Reena PaswanSon:
Chirag
Career
Ram Vilas Paswan
Trivia
Ram Vilas Paswan
- Ram Vilas Paswan has served as a Union Minster under five different Prime Ministers and holds the distinction of continuously holding on to a cabinet berth in all the Council of Ministers formed since 1996 (as of 2009).
submitted by - Amit Sana
- He has declared that the Bihar state elections have no influence on the Central Government, which will continue with both him and Laloo Yadav as ministers.
submitted by - Amit Kher
- He joined the United Progressive Alliance government and was made the Union Minister in Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Ministry of Steel.
submitted by - Soha Ali
- In 2000 Ram Vilas Paswan broke from the Janata Dal (United), to form the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP).
submitted by - Amit Kher
- In 1996 he even led the ruling alliance or Proposition in the Lok Sabha as the Prime Ministers were members of the Rajya Sabha.
submitted by - Amit Kher
Quotes
Ram Vilas Paswan
- Rahul must take up the burning issue like price rise across the country. It would be unfortunate if there is any hike on petrol now. - Interview
submitted by - Amit Kher
- We - me, RJD and Mulayam Singh will stay together. Without Mulayam Singh's support, how can a government be formed at the Centre? - Interview
submitted by - Rokit Sharma
- None of them have left us. Had Lalu left us, he would not have been a minister. That means he is still in the UPA. Paswan, had he left us, he wouldn't have been a minister. He continues to be a minister that means he continues to be. - Interview
submitted by - Sneha Dhiman
- There is no question of going to the BJP. - Interview
submitted by - Dr. Reddy Labs
- There are various Companies that are keeping a 200% margin on the sale price. We have asked that a maximum of 100% margin be allowed. - Interview
submitted by - Vaibhav Dhiman
Biography
Ram Vilas Paswan
Last Updated: Thursday, February 11, 2010
A leader of the scheduled castes from Bihar, Ram Vilas Paswan is one of the most-promising politicians of India. He was elected to the Bihar State Assembly in 1969 as a member of the Samyukta Socialist Party. primarily he was associated with the Naxalite movement. In 1970, he was sentenced to seven months imprisonment in Bhagalpur prison on account of his revolutionary activities. He was under arrest during the early phase of Emergency in 1975 and was detained in prison.
In the 1977 elections, Ram Vilas Paswan won the parliamentary seat for the Janata Party and since then, he has been a member of the Lok Sabha except for the era from 1984 to 1989. He became a minister for Labour and Welfare in the VP. Singh Government. He was able to fulfill the long standing Dalit demand that Ambedkar’s portrait be placed in the main hall of the Parliament. In 1996, he was given the portfolio of Railway Ministry and was able to regularise the position of thousands of temporary sweepers in the railways.