Nand Kishore Yadav (born 26 August 1953) is an

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, former cabinet minister for road construction and health in the

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. He is a member of the

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(BJP) and member of

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(RSS). He is a senior BJP leader who joined, as minister, the Bihar Government after the split of the Mahagathbandhan and parting of ways between Lalu's RJD and

Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician, who is serving as Chief Minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previous held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. The leader of the Janata Dal (Unite ...

's JDU in June 2013. Before that, he was cabinet minister for road construction and tourism and the leader of the opposition in the Bihar Assembly, at present Chairman- Prakalan Samiti (Bihar Vidhan Sabha).

Family background, early life and education

Yadav was born on 26 August 1953 to the Panna Lal Yadav and Rajkumari Yadav. His great-grandfather, Jhalo Sardar, was a landlord. It is said that he used to pet lions. His grandfather, Ramdas Rai, spent the family inheritance, mainly on keeping and breeding birds. (Yadav is quoted as saying, "Hum sher se chidiyon per aagaye"). His father had to restart from scratch and set up a business in the Khajekalan area of old Patna, where he was born and spent his childhood.

References

"BJP dubs RJD's 'Bihar Bandh' as total failure"
''The Economic Times'', 27 July 2015
"BJP slams Nitish for taking sole credit for performance"
''The Free Press Journal'', 27 July 2015
"True, more than one CM face in Bihar BJP, says Nand Kishore Yadav"
''The Indian Express'', 13 April 2015

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Bhartiya Janata Party
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Family background, early life and education

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