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	Lalu Prasad Yadav - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As of December 2005, he is the Minister for Railways in the Manmohan Singh government.
		Lalu was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha from Chhapra and Madhepura seats of Bihar.
		After ruling Bihar for 15 years, in the November 2005 elections, his party RJD managed to secure only 54 seats and was defeated by the NDA.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laloo_Prasad_Yadav (1956 words)

	Rabri Devi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rabri Devi (born 1959) has served three terms as the Chef Minister, of Bihar, India, as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party.
		She became the first woman chief minister of Bihar on July 25, 1997; her first term ended on February 12, 1999.
		The appointment of Rabri Devi as the Chief Minister of Bihar came under severe criticism, because she was nearly illiterate [1] [2] and had little experience or interest in politics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rabri_Devi (203 words)

	High School Students May Change Government in Indian State of 85 million
		He has ruled, and milked, Bihar with an iron grip that appears to be loosening only now and that too because of the kidnapping of a 14 year old school boy, rather than the hundreds of millions of dollars that have been allegedly swindled by him and his cohorts.
		Yadav openly campaigned as the de facto ruler of Bihar and managed to re-install his wife as the chief minister, though his party RJD (Rashtriya Janata Dal) was able to secure only 124 seats in an assembly of 324 while in the dissolved assembly it had 165.
		His wife holds the office of the chief minister of Bihar but proudly proclaims that her husband insists upon her cooking his food personally.
	globalpolitician.com /articles.asp?ID=328&print=true (1938 words)

	1997 in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		April 21 - Inder Kumar Gujral, a new leader acceptable to Congress, is sworn in as prime minister.
		July 25 - Laloo Prasad Yadav resigns as chief minister of Bihar after a warrant for his arrest, on charges relating to an animal fodder scandal, had been issued.
		The BJP's one-month-old government headed by chief minister Kalyan Singh lost key support in a hung assembly on October 19 when the Bahujan Samaj Party withdrew its support, plunging India's most populous state into a political crisis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1997_in_India (533 words)

	Tsunami News for Bihar, India
		Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, who also presented a cheque for Rs 100 million on behalf of her government to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund for the tsunami...
		The Railway Minister was accompanied by the Chief Minister of Bihar, Rabri Devi...
		The accused, Shankar Singh Chapra, is a resident of Bihar.
	danger.mongabay.com /earthquake/2004/Bihar.html (2681 words)

	Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister
		Kumar, who became the 33rd Chief Minister of a politically volatile Bihar, has emerged on top, capping his journey from being an astute political strategist to the occupant of the top post.
		His taking over the reins in Bihar also finally helped rid of the tag of being a permanent aspirant for the top post, especially after a brief seven-day tryst with chief ministership in March 2000 when he was sworn in despite NDA lacking a majority.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1306835.cms (248 words)

	India Elections 1996 - Peasant Surprise by Walter Hauser
		Bihar's elections showed social justice is for the voter to define and the politician to implement.
		Comparing the 1996 Bihar results with 1991, the Janata Dal is down from 32 to 22 of the 54 Lok Sabha seats, the CPI down from eight to four seats, while the CPI (M) has lost its lone seat giving the National Front-Left Front combine in Bihar a total of 26.
		In other words, the voters of Bihar have supported massively the idea of social justice and self respect, and perhaps now they are reminding the political establishment chat they want performance, an improvement in the quality of life, symbolised in the broadest sense in the roti, dhoti, pakka makan metaphor.
	www.lib.virginia.edu /area-studies/SouthAsia/Misc/Sss/whpsnts96.html (2351 words)

	World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		NEW DELHI, Monday (AFP) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet was to meet late Monday to discuss imposition of direct federal rule in the lawless state of Bihar where legislative polls last month produced a hung assembly, officials said.
		Bihar is seen as India's most crime-ridden and poorest state and besides being home to the country's largest number of unemployed graduates is a haven for powerful Maoist insurgent groups.
		Yadav became Bihar chief minister in March 1990 and returned to office five years later but installed his wife Rabri Devi in office in 1997 when he faced imprisonment in a case of financial corruption.
	www.dailynews.lk /2005/03/08/wld01.htm (460 words)

	Central Chronicle--Picture of the Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bihar's electorate created history on Tuesday, finally ending 15 years of political domination by Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and ushering in a new administration that will be led by his long-time foe Nitish Kumar.
		JD-U leader Nitish Kumar is expected to be sworn in as Chief Minister in Patna at the Gandhi Maidan at 1300 hours on Thursday.
		Minister of Commerce and Industry of India, Kamal Nath, speaks during a press conference, after a meeting of trade ministers to discuss matters relating to the current round of trade negotiations, known as the Doha Round, at the World Trade Organisation, WTO, in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005.
	www.centralchronicle.com /20051123/PicDay.htm (1180 words)

	Nitish Kumar gives clean chit to minister Ramashray (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Chief Minister, who also holds the home portfolio, said the accused, Bhanu Prakash, an analyst programmer in the computer section of the BPSC, had been arrested by the Vigilance Bureau, which does not grant undue favour to anybody.
		The minister was shown by a private tv channel last night speaking to home secretary H C Sirohi on phone asking him to shift Prakash, lodged in Beur Jail here, to a hospital as he was physically challenged and not keeping well.
		Bihar minister in soup for seeking favour for accused
	news.indiainfo.com /2006/01/03/0301nitish-clean-chit-minister.html (388 words)

	1996 General Elections in Bihar - Walter Hauser
		It is his fortunes as the chief accused in the Bihar fodder scam on which not only his chief ministership rests, but the JD as government in Bihar, its integrity as a unified party in Patna and Delhi, and the UF as governing coalition at the centre.
		Among the most obvious is the 'yadavisation' phenomenon whereby the chief minister, openly cynical of the idea of serious administration, has nevertheless involved himself in widespread transfers and postings to the narrow interests of his caste fellows and political supporters.
		Among the four dissident ministers recently sacked by the chief minister are both yadav and scheduled caste leaders, and the subsequent resignation of Pashupati Kumar Paras, the brother of Ram Vilas Paswan, the railway minister at the centre, has brought this new power node to more open public notice.
	www.lib.virginia.edu /area-studies/SouthAsia/Misc/Sss/eleoct97.html (10208 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Rabri Devi sworn in as Bihar CM
		Rabri Devi sworn in as Bihar CM Rashtriya Janata Dal legislature party leader Rabri Devi was today sworn in as the chief minister of Bihar following the revocation of President's rule in the state last night.
		She is the 28th chief minister of the state.
		Earlier, Laloo Prasad Yadav, the RJD chief and the chief minister's husband, said development of the state would be the first priority of the government and the lives of the dalits, backwards and minorities would be protected at all costs.
	www.rediff.com /news/1999/mar/09rabri.htm (303 words)

	The Hindu : National : Laloo Yadav leads the Bihar brigade
		The RJD chief, Laloo Prasad Yadav, and his wife and Bihar Chief Minister, Rabri Devi, arrive for the swearing-in ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday.
		Yadav was forced to resign as Chief Minister of Bihar in July 1997 and since then has not held any official post in the wake of the fodder scam cases.
		He faces six cases covering the conspiracy angle of the fodder scam, besides the disproportionate assets case, which is in the final stages and the arguments being presented by the CBI will be followed by the defence counsel.
	www.hindu.com /2004/05/23/stories/2004052306031000.htm (507 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		They are part of a letter written by a Union minister to Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and interestingly the writer happens to be a senior BJP leader from the state.
		In fact the Union Minister holds the officialdom responsible for the pathetic condition of the entire State." Administrative officials are the biggest hurdle in the path of economic, social and cultural development.
		Through his letter the minister has urged the Chief Minister to constitute a high-level team of technical persons to understand the problem of north Bihar, where floods are regular events.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/sep01/n3.htm (430 words)

	BBC News \| South Asia \| Bihar chief minister reinstated
		The sacked Chief Minister of the Indian state of Bihar has been reinstated after the central government in Delhi was forced to back down over its attempt to impose direct federal rule on the state.
		Rabri Devi, an illiterate mother of nine, was sworn in by the Bihar Governor, Sundar Singh Bhandari, in the state capital Patna.
		Most of India's newspapers appeared to agree that the climbdown was a humiliating defeat for the ruling coalition, dominated by the prime minister's Hindu nationalist BJP party.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/293705.stm (264 words)

	DAWN - Features; 22 April, 2004
		Her mother asked for rabri and thus was a future chief minister of Bihar named.
		Today, the foremost couple of Bihar share adjoining bungalows on a spot where, it is said, the old rulers of Kalinga once had their palace.
		In Bihar, the highways are patchy; the state roads an insult.
	www.dawn.com /2004/04/22/fea.htm (2415 words)

	rediff.com: The Week in News
		anata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar was on Thursday sworn-in as the 33rd chief minister of Bihar.
		State Bharatiya Janata Party President Sushil Kumar Modi was sworn-in as the deputy chief minister of the JD(U)-BJP coalition government.
		Nitish Kumar along with former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee waves at the crowd at Nitish's swearing-in ceremony as new chief minister of Bihar.
	specials.rediff.com /news/2005/nov/27wk1.htm (233 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		By balancing paradoxes, the new chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, has shown why politics is often defined as the art of the impossible
		But hours after it became clear earlier this week that the Kurmi leader was set to become the chief minister of Bihar for the second time, he told the media that no “tainted” man would find a place in his ministry.
		Lalu Prasad, who was the state chief minister, went to his house twice to make up, but Kumar refused to meet him.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1051126/asp/opinion/story_5523132.asp (926 words)

	World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		NEW DELHI, Tuesday (BBC) A court in India has charged federal Rail Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav with embezzling millions of dollars when he was chief minister of Bihar state.
		Mr Yadav is alleged to have siphoned off $8.5m during his time as Bihar chief minister in the 1990s.
		The minister's role has been investigated in seven of nearly 60 cases the CBI has filed in connection with the $143m fodder scam, a spokesman for the agency told the BBC.
	www.dailynews.lk /2005/04/27/wld01.htm (301 words)

	outlookindia.com
		Ranchi, Nov 26 (PTI) Counsel for RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav today argued that the former Bihar chief minister could not be sent to jail again and again in similar cases, while presenting his plea for bail in a Fodder Scam case in the designated CBI court of H C Mishra here.
		The common charge against Yadav in all the cases was that he had given protection to the scamsters as the then chief minister of Bihar, Yadav's defence counsel Ram Jethmalani said.
		Both the former chief ministers were remanded to 14 days judicial custody, with the next date of hearing being December 10.
	www.outlookindia.com /pti_print.asp?id=25396 (213 words)

	rediff.com:Rabri Devi sworn in as Bihar CM
		Rabri Devi sworn in as Bihar CM The Rashtriya Janata Dal Legislature Party leader, Rabri Devi, was sworn in as chief minister of Bihar today, a day after the Nitish Kumar-led National Democratic Alliance government in the state bowed out of office.
		Wife of Bihar strongman and RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi was first chosen to step into her husband's shoes nearly two and a half years ago.
		The new chief minister said her ministry would be a coalition in which all supporting parties would be given representation.
	www.indiaabroad.com /news/2000/mar/11rab.htm (330 words)

	BBC News \| SOUTH ASIA \| Bihar chief minister bows out
		The Chief Minister of the north Indian state of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, has resigned - shortly before a vote of confidence in the state assembly.
		Governor V C Pande had appointed him chief minister on condition that Mr Kumar would seek a vote of confidence within ten days of his appointment.
		Mr Pande is now expected to consider Mrs Rabri Devi¿s claim and appoint her the chief minister on condition that she proves majority within 10 days.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/673189.stm (326 words)

	PD News - Sushil Modi to be Deputy CM
		Sushil Modi to be Deputy Chief Minister in Bihar
		At a joint legislative meeting in Patna on Wednesday, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and state president Sushil Kumar Modi was unanimously elected as the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and also the leader of the BJP legislative party.
		The man in the limelight refused to be drawn into a controversy by refusing to answer a question pertaining to the role played by Bihar Governor Buta Singh in dissolving the state Assembly following the February elections.
	www.patnadaily.com /news05/november/112405/modi_to_be_deputy_cm.html (363 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Fresh charges for India minister
		Mr Yadav was charged with embezzling state funds intended to be spent on animal fodder while he was chief minister of eastern Bihar state.
		He leads an influential regional party in Bihar that is allied with the Congress Party in India's national parliament.
		He resigned as chief minister of Bihar after the allegations of corruption arose.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/4283008.stm (382 words)

	Asia Times Online - The best news coverage from South Asia
		The person most in demand is Lalu (the word literally translates as "fool") Prasad Yadav, the railway minister, technically reporting to Manmohan but owing his allegiance to "friend" Sonia Gandhi and the electorate of poverty-stricken lower-caste and Muslim supporters in the state of Bihar, which he has ruled for more than 14 years.
		Other chief ministers, such as Chandrababu Naidu (Andhra Pradesh) and S M Krishna (Karnataka) known for their fine development record, have been voted out of power by those who perceive themselves to be left out of the fruits of economic progress.
		Faced with a corruption scandal in 1997 when he was the chief minister of Bihar, he appointed his wife Rabri Devi, who had spent most of her time in the kitchen and doing household work, as chief minister.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/FI29Df02.html (1448 words)

	tribuneindia... Editorial
		The manner in which the Board members have started airing their views on autonomy and are planning to meet the Prime Minister, and the stories about reported intervention of the government that have started trickling out of newsrooms, the government may have to make a temporary retreat.
		Laloo will obviously be the power behind the throne in the second incarnation of his wife as Chief Minister of the second most populous state of the union.
		Rabri’s first test came when she was to make her maiden visit to Delhi as Chief Minister and meet so many top leaders; the President, the Prime Minister, Central ministers and MPs of her own party.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99mar14/edit.htm (2018 words)

	Rabri Devi : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		RABRI DEVI, the Chief Minister of Bihar and wife of Rashtriya Janata Dal president and Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, is seeking re-election from Raghopur Assembly constituency in Vaishali district.
		As chief minister of Bihar, her first term was from 25th July, 1997 to 12th February, 1999 and the second term was from 9th March, 1999 to 3rd March, 2000.
		After being accused of involvement in the multi-crore fodder scam, the then chief minister of Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav managed to make his wife his successor in 1997, and ever since she is continuing.
	www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Mar/06/181_1146156,001301480006.htm (344 words)

	Rabri hits out at Sushma for comments on Sonia - Sify.com
		Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi has hit out at BJP MP Sushma Swaraj for her stand on Sonia Gandhi becoming the next prime minister.
		Charging the BJP with a double-faced attitude, Rabri Devi said that when "Pakistan’s L K Advani was made the Deputy prime minister and Nepal’s Vasundhara Raje Scindia the chief minister of Rajasthan", the fuss over Sonia's origin was uncalled for.
		The Bihar chief minister said that this kind of drama by the BJP is not a new thing and nobody is going to get impressed by that.
	sify.com /news/fullstory.php?id=13477149 (496 words)

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