Lalu
Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician in Bihar and president of Rastriya
Janata Dal. He is the Minister of Railways in the ruling United
Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and the president of the political
party, Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Yadav's involvement in politics started during his student days at the
Patna University. In 1977, he was elected the member of the Lok Sabha
becoming one of its youngest member, at the age of 29.
He is a member of Parliament in the 14th Lok Sabha from the Chhapra. He
is famous for his charismatic leadership and mass appeal among the
backward castes and religious minorities, and has been criticized for
caste-based politics and the corruption cases against him.
Laloo Yadav has served as the Chief Minister of Bihar from 1990 till
1997, when he was forced to resign, following escalating corruption
charges in the Fodder scam.
