Lalu Prasad Yadav is the former Chief Minister of Bihar and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal and also a former Union Minister of Railways. Mr. Yadav became the General Secretary of Patna University Students Union at an very early age in 1970. In the coming years, he became a pioneer of the political scene of Bihar.
With former Chief Minister Satyendra Narayan Sinha’s support, he represented the Janata Party in the Lok Sabha. He won a seat for the Lok Sabha at the age of 29 and became the youngest member of Parliament of his time. Yadav advanced in the arena of politics and achieved heights.
On this controversial politician’s 72nd birthday, here are 10 interesting facts about him that you should not miss –
- Lalu Prasad Yadav does not know his actual date of birth. He follows the date given in his educational documents which states that he was born on June 11, 1948.
- Known for his humourous speeches, Yadav holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science along with an LLB.
- His party’s excellence and contribution were recognised by the World Bank in 1990.
- A movie named Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav was released in 2004 and he also had a cameo in it.
- When Yadav resigned due to the allegations of his role in the Fodder Scam, he handed over the reins of Bihar in his wife Rabri Devi’s hands.
- Sankarshan Thakur, the author of ‘The making of Lalu Yadav; the unmaking of Bihar’, Yadav was the only CM who held courts under a tree.
- When he was CM of Bihar, he got LK Advani arrested on September 23, 1990, during the Rath Yatra to Ayodhya for the Ram Mandir movement.
- The names of Yadav’s sisters-in-law are Jalebi, Raasgulla and Paan.
- He named his daughter Misa Bharti on the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA).
- Yadav and his wife Rabri have seven daughters and two sons. Their son Tejashwi Yadav is a well-known politician who also played for the IPL team Delhi Daredevils.