Lalu Prasad Yadav

Lalu Prasad Yadav an Indian politician from Bihar was the Minister of Railways from 2004 to 2009 in the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, and the President of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party. Lalu Prasad Yadav was born in Phulwaria,block Mirganj,district Gopalganj of Bihar. He is a Member of Parliament in the 15th Lok Sabha from the Saran constituency in Bihar.He entered politics during his student days at Patna University, and he was elected a member of the Lok Sabha in 1977 as a Janata party candidate. At the age of 29 he was one of its youngest members of Parliament. He is famous for his charismatic leadership and mass appeal, and has been criticized for caste-based politics along with the the corruption cases against him. Yadav served as the Chief Minister of Bihar from 1990 till 1997, when he resigned following escalating corruption charges in the Fodder Scam. From 1997 to 2005, with brief interruptions, his wife Rabri Devi was the Chief Minister. His tenure as Chief Minister of the state has been criticized for lawlessness and has been termed as the Jungle Raj. Lalu Prasad Yadav entered politics as General Secretary of the Patna University Students' Union in 1970. He led the student movement inspired by Jai Prakash Narayan, Raj Narain, Karpoori Thakur and Satyendra Narayan Sinha. In a span of 10 years, Yadav became a formidable force in Bihar State Politics. During the Indian general elections in 1989 and state assembly elections, he successfully led the National Front coalition in Bihar. It was, therefore, no surprise that he was elected the Chief Minister leaving behind Ram Sundar Das, a former chief minister from the same party, when it came to power in the 1990 Assembly elections.

- Wishing him a happy birthday..