Political families of Bihar

The list of political families of Bihar state of India:

Yadav Family[]

• Lalu Prasad Yadav - Former Chief Minister of Bihar and Former Union Rail Minister of India
• Rabri Devi - wife of Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar and current Member of Bihar Legislative Council
• Sadhu Yadav - Rabri Devi's brother and former Member of Parliament
• Subhash Yadav - Rabri Devi's brother and former Member of Parliament
  • Tej Pratap Yadav - elder son of Lalu Prasad Yadav^[1]and former Cabinet Minister of Health from Government of Bihar
  • Tejashwi Yadav - younger son of Lalu Prasad Yadav, former cricketer and Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar. Currently leader of opposition at Bihar Legislative Assembly
  • Misa Bharti - eldest daughter of Lalu Prasad Yadav and MP from Rajya Sabha
  • Tej Pratap Singh Yadav - son in law of Lalu Prasad Yadav and MP from Mainpuri

Mishra Family[]

• Lalit Narayan Mishra - Former Railway Minister of India
• Jagannath Mishra - younger brother of Lalit Narayan Mishra, Former Chief Minister of Bihar and Union Cabinet Minister of India
• Vijay Kumar Mishra - Eldest son of Lalit Narayan Mishra. Currently member of the Bihar Legislative Council, former Member of Parliament, three terms MLA and active politician of Bihar Janta Dal United
• Nitish Mishra - Youngest son of Dr. Jagannath Mishra. Cabinet Minister of Rural Development Department in Government of Bihar and currently Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
• Rishi Mishra - Former Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly and the son of Vijay Kumar Mishra
• Gouri Shankar Rajhans - Former MP and married to niece of Lalit Narayan Mishra

Family of Jagdeo Prasad Kushwaha[]

• - freedom fighter, member of Shoshit Samaj Dal and former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar.
• - former Chief Minister of Bihar and samadhi of Jagdeo Prasad.
  • - former Union Minister of India and son of Jagdeo Prasad.
  • Suchitra Sinha kushwaha - former Cabinet Minister of Bihar and daughter-in-law of Jagdeo Prasad.

Family of Samrat Chaudhary Kushwaha[]

• Shakuni Choudhury - seven times Member of Legislative Assembly, former MP from Bihar and Cabinet Minister in Government of Bihar. Assumed important posts in Rashtriya Janata Dal and many other parties.
  • Samrat Chaudhary - Member of the Bihar Legislative Council from Bhartiya Janata Party. Currently cabinet minister in Government of Bihar and was also the Minister in Rabri Devi and Jitan Ram Manjhi cabinet. Former Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party Bihar unit and son of Shakuni Choudhury.

Mahto Family[]

• Rambalak Mahto - Longest serving Advocate General of Bihar, Legal advisor to both the Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav.
  • Birendr Mahto - son of Rambalak Mahto and Member of Legislative assembly from Teghra (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Paswan family[]

• Ram Vilas Paswan - Former Union Minister of Railways, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Departments.
  • Chirag Paswan - Bollywood actor and Member of Parliament from Jamui. Son of Ram Vilas Paswan.
• Ram Chandra Paswan - Brother of Ram Vilas Paswan and former Member of Parliament from Samastipur.
• Pashupati Kumar Paras - Brother of Ram Vilas Paswan. Union Cabinet Minister of Food^[2] and Public Distribution Department in the Ministry of Narendra Modi.^[3] Member of Parliament from Hajipur loksabha constituency. Former member of the Bihar Legislative Council (MLC) and Bihar Legislative Assembly (MLA).

Jagjivan Ram Family[]

• Jagjivan Ram - Independence Activist and Deputy Prime Minister of India.
  • Mira Kumar - Daughter of Babu Jagjivan Ram and first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha.

Ranjan family[]

• Pappu Yadav - MP from Madhepura.
• Ranjeet Ranjan - MP from Supaul.

Sinha Family[]

• Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha - Statesman, freedom fighter and first Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar from year 1946–1957.
  • Satyendra Narayan Sinha - freedom fighter, Member of Provisional Parliament from year 1950-1952, Chief Minister of Bihar and leader of JP movement, son of Anugrah Narayan Sinha.
  • Kishori Sinha - Former Member of Parliament, wife of Satyendra Narayan Sinha
    • Nikhil Kumar - Governor of Kerala, son of Satyendra Narayan Sinha
    • Shyama Singh - Member of Parliament, wife of Nikhil Kumar
  • Rameshwar Prasad Sinha - father of Kishori Sinha, Member Constituent Assembly of India (1947–1950), MLA, Bihar (1937-1939)
    • N. K. Singh - Rajya Sabha MP, brother-in-law of Nikhil Kumar
    • Uday Singh - Member of Parliament, Nikhil Kumar's younger brother-in-law
    • Madhuri Singh - former MP, Nikhil Kumar's mother-in-law

Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha Family[]

• Sadhu Sharan Singh - Nationalist, congressman and father of Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha
  • Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha - Freedom fighter, Member of the first Lok Sabha and known as the father of Cooperative Movement in India.
  • Ram Dulari Sinha - Wife of Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha, freedom fighter, Member of the first Vidhan Sabha, Union Minister and Governor, first woman from Bihar to attain a master's degree.
    • Madhurendra Kumar Singh - Member All India Congress Committee, former Director Central Warehousing Corporation and Bihar State Cooperative Bank.
      • Mrigendra Kumar Singh - son of Dr. Madhurendra Kumar Singh. State Secretary of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee, former President of Sheohar Loksabha Youth Congress.

Chandrashekhar Singh Family[]

• Chandrashekhar Singh - Former Chief Minister of Bihar and former Union Minister, Government of India.
• Manorma Singh - Former Member of Parliament and wife of Chandrashekhar Singh.

Family of Rama Devi[]

• Rama Devi - MP from Sheohar.
• Braj Bihari Prasad - Former Minister of Science and Technology in Bihar and husband of Rama Devi.
• Raveesh Kumar, IFS officer, current Ambassador of India to Finland and former Spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, son-in-law of Rama Devi

Azad Family[]

• Bhagwat Jha Azad, former Chief Minister of Bihar
  • Kirti Azad, Member Of Parliament from Darbhanga

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