Beni Prasad Verma
| Beni Prasad Verma | |
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| Minister of Steel | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 19 Jan 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Virbhadra Singh |
| Constituency | Gonda |
| MP | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Ketki Devi Singh |
| Constituency | Gonda |
| MP | |
| In office 1996 - 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Laxminarain Mani Tripathi |
| Succeeded by | Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh |
| Constituency | Kaiserganj |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 February 1941 Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Malti Devi |
| Children | 3 sons and 2 daughters |
| Residence | Sirauli Gauspur, Barabanki district |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| As of September 17, 2006 Source: [1] |
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Beni Prasad Verma (born 11 February 1941) is an Indian politician and presently a member of the Indian National Congress political party. Earlier he was with Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh Yadav.
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Political career [edit]
Beni Prasad Verma is currently steel Minister of Indian Government. He was the Public Works Department minister for the State of Uttar Pradesh in India for several years.
He served as the Union Communications Minster in Deve Gowda's cabinet from 1996-98.
He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999 and 2004 from the same constituency. In 2009, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha from Gonda constituency in Uttar Pradesh state as an Indian National Congress candidate and on July-12-2011 was appointed the Steel Minister in Manmohan Singh Government. He is strong kurmi kshatriya leader in uttar pradesh.
Educational Institutes [edit]
Beni Prasad Verma has established educational institutions Charan Singh Mahavidyalay at Bardari near Badosarai and Mahanlal Verma Educational Educational Institute in his home district of Barabanki.[1]
Controversies [edit]
In February 2012, during the Uttar Pradesh elections Verma dared EC to arrest him, saying quota for Muslims will be hiked.[2] Verma said this while addressing a rally at Kaimganj in the presence of Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh and Union law and minority affairs minister Salman Khurshid. Earlier, Khurshid created a controversy by stating that he would continue to speak on nine per cent sub-quota for Muslims even if the Election Commission says its against the guideline to promise such a thing during the elections.
On 19 August 2012 he made a remark in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh that "With the increasing price levels, the farmers are benefitting. Dal, atta, vegetables have all become expensive. I am happy with this price rise. The more the prices rise the better it is for farmers," the minister said .[3]
On 15 October 2012 he made a controversial remark that "I believe Salman Khurshid could not have embezzled Rs 71 lakh. It is a very small amount for a central minister. I would have taken it seriously if the amount was Rs 71 crore." The Times of India said his statements are grossly ill-timed and ill-phrased. [4]
On 13 December 2012, he made a remark that “Do not hang Afzal Guru but give him life imprisonment”. The timing of Verma’s statement is important as it came on a day when the nation was paying homage to the martyrs of terrorist attack on Parliament. It was on this day in 2001, heavily-armed terrorists attacked the temple of democracy, killing 11 persons including five policemen. [5]
External links [edit]
- Detailed profile: Beni Prasad Verma in India.gov.in website
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.mlveibarabanki.org/
- ^ "Beni Prasad Verma dares EC says quota for Muslims will be hiked (TOI)".
- ^ "Beni Prasad Verma is 'happy' with rising prices, gets flak- Hindustan Times (".
- ^ "Beni Prasad Verma says Rs 71 lakh too little for a central minister (".
- ^ http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/dont-hang-afzal-guru-beni-prasad-verma_816469.html
External links [edit]
- "Who is Beni Prasad Verma?". Hindustan Times. March 20, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
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| Preceded by Virbhadra Singh |
Minister of Steel 19 Jan 2011 |
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