Jai Narain Prasad Nishad

Cap (Retd.) Jai Narain Nishad with the Indian Activist Dr Harikumar Pallathadka in June 2013

Jai Narain Prasad Nishad (born 18 November 1930) is an Indian politician and former Member of parliament from Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha Constituency in the Indian State of Bihar.[1][2] He was a Union Minister for State in 1996-98 and has been a member of Lok Sabha five times and a former member of Rajya Sabha.[3] Presently he is a member of Janata Dal (United) and formerly he was with the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2][3][4] His son, Ajay Nishad is the MP of Muzaffarpur.

Disqualified from parliament

Nishad was a member of BJP when he was disqualified as a member of Rajya Sabha in April 2008 under the Anti-defection Law by the Vice President of India who is also the chairman of Rajya Sabha for switching sides.[5] He was removed as a member of Rajya Sabha.

He has changed five political parties fifteen times but got elected from the same seat five times.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 Lok Sabha
  2. 1 2 http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/PresdElec/Members_LS.pdf
  3. 1 2 Members Page
  4. ↑ Member's Web Site
  5. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/BJP-MP-disqualified/article15204599.ece
  6. ↑ Another JD(U) leader Captain Jai Narayan Nishad meets Narendra Modi, calls him a 'good king' : East, News - India Today
  7. ↑ MP Jai Narain Prasad roots for Narendra Modi as India's next PM - India - DNA


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