Sriprakash Jaiswal (born 25 September 1944), also written Shriprakash or Sri Prakash, is an Indian politician. He served as a member of Parliament for the

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and as Minister of State for

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. He also held ministry of coal for three years, 2011–2014.

Early life

He completed his education in BNSD Inter College. He married Maya Rani on 28 April 1967. He has two sons and one daughter.

Career

His first political assignment was serving Kanpur city as its mayor in 1989. He won the 1999 Lok Sabha election and was reelected in 2004 and 2009. He served as Minister of State for

in 2004. He was elevated to Minister Of State (Independent Charge) in 2009 holding dual charges of Coal and Statistics And Programme Implementation. In

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he lost his seat.

Controversies

Jaiswal mostly stayed out of the political spats and media. However, he came into limelight when the

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erupted via a leaked Report of

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(CAG) in August 2012. He was not the Coal Minister at the time of the crime, but was criticised by the opposition. Jaiswal, however, maintained that the Coal Allocation Process was proper and that the report was disputable. He defended then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Another controversy arose while Jaiswal was attending a cultural event in Kanpur he made sexist remarks, saying 'A new victory and a new marriage have their own importance. But as times passes, the memories of a victory go old and as time passes, a wife gets old, the same charm is not there'. He later apologized. His remarks received nationwide criticism and a petition was filed against him in the Court by Women's Organizations.

References

1944 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians Marwari people India MPs 1999–2004 India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 Union ministers of state of India Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Coal block allocation scam Politicians from Kanpur Coal Ministers of India Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-INC-politician-stub