Radha Mohan Singh
Radha Mohan Singh | |
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Minister for Agriculture | |
Assumed office 26 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | Sharad Pawar |
Member of the India Parliament for Purvi Champaran | |
Assumed office 16 May 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 September 1949 |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse(s) | Smt. Shanti Devi |
Children | 1 Son and 1 Daughter |
Alma mater | M.S. College, Bihar University, Motihari, Bihar |
Radha Mohan Singh (born 1 September 1949) is an Indian politician having affiliations with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Singh was president of BJP's Bihar State unit from 2006 to 2009. He was elected to 11th Lok Sabha, 13th Lok Sabha (1999-2004), 15th Lok Sabha and currently a member of the 16th Lok Sabha (2014-2019), the lower house of the Parliament of India. He represents Purvi Champaran constituency in Bihar state. He is a Rajput and hails from Champaran. He was inducted in Narendra Modi led central government as a cabinet minister and currently holds the portfolio of Minister of Agriculture of India.[1] He listed cow protection and better breeding of Indian cows as one of his priorities apart from schemes to provide irrigation and insurance to farmers.[2]
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Lok Sabha | ||
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Preceded by Prabhawati Gupta |
Member of Parliament for Motihari (Merged into Paschim Champaran in 2008) 1996 – 1998 |
Succeeded by Rama Devi |
Preceded by Rama Devi |
Member of Parliament for Motihari (Merged into Paschim Champaran in 2008) 1999 – 2004 |
Succeeded by Akhilesh Prasad Singh |
Preceded by Constituency created in 2009 |
Member of Parliament for Paschim Champaran 2009 – Present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Sharad Pawar |
Minister of Agriculture 26 May 2014 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |