Chunchun Prasad Yadav (born 11 March 1932) was a leader of

Janata Dal Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an List of political parties in India, Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 ...

from

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

. He served as member of the

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representing

Bhagalpur (Lok Sabha constituency) Bhagalpur (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bhagalpur in Bihar state in eastern India. Vidhan Sabha segments Presently, Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan ...

. He was elected to 9th, 10th and 11th Lok Sabha.

Personal life

Chunchun Prasad Yadav was born to Banwari Prasad Yadav on 11 March 1932 in Baluachak in

Bhagalpur district Bhagalpur district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar States and territories of India, state, India, and Bhagalpur town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Majority of Bhagalpur district lies in South Bihar. Geography ...

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(present

). He did B.A., B.T. (basic trained) from Marwari College, Bhagalpur and Teachers Training Centre, Fulwaria, Bhagalpur. He married Chintamani Devi, with whom he has three sons and three daughters.

Politics

From 1969 to 77 and 1985 to 89, Yadav was a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. From 1969 to 71 and 1974 to 77, he was a member of the Committee on Government Assurances. He was the Minister of State, Health, Bihar from March 1972 to April 1973. In the mid to late 1980s, he was a member of Zila Parishad and Panchayati Raj Committee, Bihar; Public Accounts Committee, Bihar Legislative Assembly and the General Secretary, Lok Dal, Bihar. He was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha in 1989, reelected in the 10th Lok Sabha in 1991 and was a Consultative Committee, Ministry of Mines (1991 - 1996) and Member, Standing Committee on Defence (1993–96). Yadav was elected in the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996 for the third time in 1996.

References

India MPs 1991–1996 People from Bhagalpur district 1960 births Living people India MPs 1996–1997 India MPs 1989–1991 Lok Sabha members from Bihar {{Bihar-politician-stub