Janardhan Singh Sigriwal is an Indian politician of

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. He is a member of the

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(the lower house of the

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) representing Maharajganj (Bihar Lok Sabha constituency). Earlier He won Bihar assembly elections in 2000, Feb-2005, October 2005 from

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. He represented Chapra seat since 2010 in Bihar assembly. He was also Minister of Labour Resources. He was a sports and youth minister in

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cabinet.

Background family and education

He was born in Saran district in

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. He studied in local schools and graduated from Rajendra College, Chapra. At present his residence is in Jalalpur (Block) in Saran district in Bihar.

Political career

He was first elected MLA from Jalalpur seat. After that he shifted to Chapra seat and won that seat. He remained MLA of Chapra till he won the

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from Maharajganj . He was among the ministers who were removed when JDU broke the alliance unilaterally. Fame India Best Twenty Five MP Award for 2020 for most Responsible MP went to Janardhan Singh Sigriwal. In 2023, Sigriwal participated in protest against Bihar government led by Nitish Kumar and Tejaswi Yadav. Bhartiya Janata Party organised this protest to support the cause of Bihar teacher's exam aspirants, who were against the domicile policy of Government of Bihar in recruitment as teacher in state's government educational institutions. Sigriwal was part of this protest, in response to which, the Nitish Kumar led government ordered

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to break the protest. As per media reports, despite having Y category security, Sigriwal was beaten by Bihar police. He got serious injuries and was admitted in hospital. As per reports, when he was beaten by police, he tried to explain them that he is a

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, yet the Bihar Police thrashed him; other BJP political activists were also chased and beaten severely. Singh has been a victim of public rage for several times. In 2020, he went to a flood affected area in Siwan, falling under his constituency to meet the flood victims. Here, a dispute occurred between local Mukhiya and flood victims with his supporters. As a result of which, Sigriwal and his supporters were thrashed. As per media reports, chairs were also used by flood victims in attack upon him.

Parliamentary works

On 12/07/2019 Janardan Singh Sigriwal, Member of Parliament of Bharatiya Janata Party and representing Maharajganj Parliamentary constituency has moved private member bill, Compulsory Voting Bill 2019 for making voting Compulsory all eligible voters in Lok Sabha.

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Janardan Singh Sigriwal
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sigriwal, Janardhan Singh 1959 births Living people Bihar MLAs 2000–2005 People from Saran district India MPs 2014–2019 People from Maharajganj district State cabinet ministers of Bihar Bihar MLAs 2005–2010 Bihar MLAs 2010–2015 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Bihar India MPs 2019–present Indian Hindus