Jagannath Mishra
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Dr. Jagannath Mishra is an India
n politician and a former Chief Minister
of Bihar
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of Bihar
Late Satyendra Narayan Sinha
(known as "Chhote Saheb"), Then Jagannath Mishra was chosen to lead Bihar as the C.M. for the third time.Earlier during his second tenure as the Chief Minister, his government in the state was dismissed by the ruling Janata Party that came to power at the Center.
He also served as Union Minister of Agriculture in Central Cabinet of congress govt.
In 1998 he was expelled from Congress as he was critical of then Congress President Sita Ram Kesri’s style of functioning, had floated his own outfit Bihar Jana Congress (BJC). His expulsion came just two weeks prior to Sonia Gandhi became President of Congress Party.He later joined JD-U government of Bihar to resign just before Loksabha elections 2009. Currently his son is a minister in the Bihar Cabinet. Due to his political hold in Bihar he has survived even after being expelled from the Congress Party.
, once claimed as the most infamous scam in India
. Jagannath Mishra, who served his first stint as the chief minister of Bihar in the mid-1970s, was the earliest chief minister to be accused of knowing involvement in the scam.
On June 23, 1997, the CBI filed chargesheets against Laloo Yadav, Jagannath Mishra and 54 other co-accused. Jagannath Mishra had been permitted bail in June 1997, and avoided judicial remand when Laloo was first detained in July 1997. However, he was taken into custody on 16 September of the same year. He was freed on bail on 13 October but then remanded again, at the same time as Laloo, on October 28, 1998, when he was kept at the same guest house as Laloo, and later shifted to Beur jail along with him. Mishra was freed on bail on December 18, but then rearrested in a different fodder scam case on 7 June 2000.
is also a politician currently serving as cabinet minister in the Bihar state government. His nephew Rajiv Mishra is a well known Media/Broadcast professional and founder President of Assosiation of Radio Broadcasters of India (AROI) the Industry representative body of all FM Radio stations of India. Recently, he had founded Association of Regional Television Broadcasters of India (ARTBI) the industry representative body of all Regional TV Broadcasters of India.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n politician and a former Chief Minister
Chief Minister
A Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...
of Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
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Early life
Jagannath Mishra was born in 1937 in Bihar. He was a professor Economics and had done PhD in the same field. He is the younger brother of Former Union Cabinet Railway Minister Late Lalit Narayan MishraLalit Narayan Mishra
Lalit Narayan Mishra was railway minister of India from 1973 to 1975. He was brought into politics by the first Chief Minister of Bihar, Bihar Kesari Sri Krishna Sinha when he was made parliamentary secretary at his insistence to the First Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. In...
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Career
In an era of turbulence and uncertainty in the Bihar Politics around 1989 which witnessed many odds and evens in the entire political history of the state, he succeeded Senior Congress leader and the then Chief MinisterChief Minister
A Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...
of Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
Late Satyendra Narayan Sinha
Satyendra Narayan Sinha
Satyendra Narayan Sinha was an Indian statesman, participant in the Indian independence movement, and a former Chief Minister of Bihar...
(known as "Chhote Saheb"), Then Jagannath Mishra was chosen to lead Bihar as the C.M. for the third time.Earlier during his second tenure as the Chief Minister, his government in the state was dismissed by the ruling Janata Party that came to power at the Center.
He also served as Union Minister of Agriculture in Central Cabinet of congress govt.
In 1998 he was expelled from Congress as he was critical of then Congress President Sita Ram Kesri’s style of functioning, had floated his own outfit Bihar Jana Congress (BJC). His expulsion came just two weeks prior to Sonia Gandhi became President of Congress Party.He later joined JD-U government of Bihar to resign just before Loksabha elections 2009. Currently his son is a minister in the Bihar Cabinet. Due to his political hold in Bihar he has survived even after being expelled from the Congress Party.
Corruption allegations
Jagannath Mishra has been charged of corruption in fodder scamFodder Scam
The Fodder Scam was a corruption scandal that involved the embezzlement of about from the government treasury of the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Among those implicated in the theft and arrested were then Chief Minister of Bihar, Laloo Prasad Yadav, as well as former Chief Minister, Jagannath...
, once claimed as the most infamous scam in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Jagannath Mishra, who served his first stint as the chief minister of Bihar in the mid-1970s, was the earliest chief minister to be accused of knowing involvement in the scam.
On June 23, 1997, the CBI filed chargesheets against Laloo Yadav, Jagannath Mishra and 54 other co-accused. Jagannath Mishra had been permitted bail in June 1997, and avoided judicial remand when Laloo was first detained in July 1997. However, he was taken into custody on 16 September of the same year. He was freed on bail on 13 October but then remanded again, at the same time as Laloo, on October 28, 1998, when he was kept at the same guest house as Laloo, and later shifted to Beur jail along with him. Mishra was freed on bail on December 18, but then rearrested in a different fodder scam case on 7 June 2000.
Personal life
Jagannath Mishra is married and lives in Patna with his wife.His son Nitish MishraNitish Mishra
Nitish Mishra is an Indian politician. He is a Minister of state for disaster management in Bihar in Nitish Kumar's government. He set up the flood management information system...
is also a politician currently serving as cabinet minister in the Bihar state government. His nephew Rajiv Mishra