Jai Narain Prasad Nishad

Jai Narain Prasad Nishad
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Non-Conventional Energy Sources
In office
21 February 1997 – 10 January 1998
Prime Minister
Preceded byH. D. Deve Gowda
Succeeded byInder Kumar Gujral
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests
In office
29 June 1996 – 21 February 1997
Prime MinisterH. D. Deve Gowda
Preceded byH. D. Deve Gowda
Succeeded bySaifuddin Soz
Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests
In office
1 June 1996 – 29 June 1996
Prime MinisterH. D. Deve Gowda
MinisterH. D. Deve Gowda
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Preceded byGeorge Fernandes
Succeeded byAjay Nishad
ConstituencyMuzaffarpur
In office
12 May 1996 – 13 May 2004
Preceded byGeorge Fernandes
Succeeded byGeorge Fernandes
ConstituencyMuzaffarpur
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
8 July 2004 – 26 March 2008
Succeeded byRajiv Pratap Rudy
ConstituencyBihar
Personal details
Born(1930-11-18)18 November 1930
Died24 December 2018(2018-12-24) (aged 88)
PartyJanata Dal (United)
Other political
affiliations
ChildrenAjay Nishad
Cap (Retd.) Jai Narain Nishad with the activist Harikumar Pallathadka in June 2013

Jai Narain Prasad Nishad (18 November 1930 – 24 December 2018)[1] was an Indian politician and member of parliament from Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha Constituency in the Indian State of Bihar.[2][3] He was a Union Minister for State in 1996-1998 and a member of Lok Sabha five times and a former member of Rajya Sabha.[4] He was a member of Janata Dal (United) and with the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2][3][4][5] His son, Ajay Nishad is the MP of Muzaffarpur.

Disqualified from parliament

Nishad was a member of BJP when he was disqualified for switching sides 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.[6] He was removed as a member of Rajya Sabha.

During his political career, he changed to five political parties fifteen times but got elected from the same seat five times.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Former Union Minister Jai Narain Prasad Nishad passes away at 88". Newsd www.newsd.in. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 Lok Sabha
  3. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. 1 2 Members Page
  5. ↑ Member's Web Site
  6. ↑ "BJP MP disqualified - NATIONAL - The Hindu". The Hindu. 15 April 2008.
  7. ↑ Another JD(U) leader Captain Jai Narayan Nishad meets Narendra Modi, calls him a 'good king' : East, News - India Today
  8. ↑ MP Jai Narain Prasad roots for Narendra Modi as India's next PM - India - DNA


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