Jagannath Mishra
| Dr. Jagannath Mishra | |
|---|---|
| former Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bihar, India |
| Political party | JD(U) |
| Residence | Patna |
Dr. Jagannath Mishra is an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Bihar.[1]
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[edit] Early life
Jagannath Mishra was born in 1937 in Bihar. He was a professor Economics and had done PhD in the same field. He is the younger brother of Former Union Cabinet Railway Minister Late Lalit Narayan Mishra .
[edit] Career
In an era of turbulence and uncertainty in the Bihar Politics around 1989 which witnessed many odds and evens in the entire political history of the state, he succeeded Senior Congress leader and the then Chief Minister of Bihar Late Satyendra Narayan Sinha (known as "Chhote Saheb"), Then Jagannath Mishra was chosen to lead Bihar as the C.M. for the third time.Earlier during his second tenure as the Chief Minister, his government in the state was dismissed by the ruling Janata Party that came to power at the Center.
He also served as Union Minister of Agriculture in Central Cabinet of congress govt. In 1998 he was expelled from Congress as he was critical of then Congress President Sita Ram Kesri’s style of functioning, had floated his own outfit Bihar Jana Congress (BJC). His expulsion came just two weeks prior to Sonia Gandhi became President of Congress Party.He later joined JD-U government of Bihar to resign just before Loksabha elections 2009. Currently his son is a minister in the Bihar Cabinet. Due to his political hold in Bihar he has survived even after being expelled from the Congress Party.
[edit] Corruption allegations
Jagannath Mishra has been charged of corruption in fodder scam, once claimed as the most infamous scam in India. Jagannath Mishra, who served his first stint as the chief minister of Bihar in the mid-1970s, was the earliest chief minister to be accused of knowing involvement in the scam.[2]
On June 23, 1997, the CBI filed chargesheets against Laloo Yadav, Jagannath Mishra and 54 other co-accused.[3] Jagannath Mishra had been permitted bail in June 1997, and avoided judicial remand when Laloo was first detained in July 1997. However, he was taken into custody on 16 September of the same year. He was freed on bail on 13 October but then remanded again, at the same time as Laloo, on October 28, 1998, when he was kept at the same guest house as Laloo, and later shifted to Beur jail along with him.[4][5] Mishra was freed on bail on December 18,[4] but then rearrested in a different fodder scam case on 7 June 2000.[6]
[edit] Personal life
Jagannath Mishra is married and lives in Patna with his wife.His son Nitish Mishra is also a politician currently serving as cabinet minister in the Bihar state government. His nephew Rajiv Mishra <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Mishra> is a well known Media/Broadcast professional and founder President of Assosiation of Radio Broadcasters of India (AROI) the Industry representative body of all FM Radio stations of India. Recently, he had founded Association of Regional Television Broadcasters of India (ARTBI) the industry representative body of all Regional TV Broadcasters of India. Rajiv is currently working as CEO of Lok Sabha TV.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Chief Minister list, cm.bih.nic.in, accessed March 2009
- ^ क्या है चारा घोटाला? What is the fodder scam?, BBC, 2001-12-14. Accessed 2008-10-29. "... सीबीआई के अनुसार, राज्य के ख़ज़ाने से पैसा कुछ इस तरह निकाला गया- पशुपालन विभाग के अधिकारियों ने चारे, पशुओं की दवा आदि की सप्लाई के मद में करोड़ों रूपए के फ़र्जी बिल कोषागारों से वर्षों तक नियमित रूप से भुनाए. (According to the CBI, animal husbandry officials pilfered crores of rupees from the state treasury by filing bogus expense reports for fodder, medicines and other animal supplies) ... सीबीआई का कहना रहा है कि ये सामान्य आर्थिक भ्रष्टाचार का नहीं बल्कि व्यापक षड्यंत्र का मामला है जिसमें राज्य के कर्मचारी, नेता और व्यापारी वर्ग समान रूप से भागीदार है. मामला सिर्फ़ राष्ट्रीय जनता दल तक सीमित नहीं रहा. इस सिलसिले में बिहार के एक और पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री डॉक्टर जगन्नाथ मिश्र को गिरफ़्तार किया गया. राज्य के कई और मंत्री भी गिरफ़्तार किए गए. ... (This is not a normal case of economic corruption, says the CBI, but rather a pervasive conspiracy to steal in which state bureaucrats, elected leaders and businesspeople were equal accomplices. Culpability is not limited to the Rashtriya Janata Dal party. A prior chief minister of Bihar, Dr. Jagannath Mishra, has also been arrested as have other state minsters.) ..."
- ^ "Spoils of Surrender", India Today Magazine, November 9, 1998 issue, http://www.india-today.com/itoday/09111998/bihar.html, retrieved 2008-11-01
- ^ a b "Laloo gets interim bail", Indian Express, 1999-01-07, http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990108/00850545.html, retrieved 2008-11-05, "Snippet: ... The Supreme Court today granted interim bail to former Bihar Chief Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav and five other accused ... The apex court on December 18 had granted bail to former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra ... had expressed serious concern over the preferential treatment given to Yadav and Mishra by the Bihar Government, which had lodged them at a guest house after notifying it as a jail. The court had ordered their shifting to Beur Central Jail in Patna ... and sought a compliance report from the Inspector General of Prisons ..."
- ^ "Laloo & Mishra in judicial custody", Indian Express, 1998-10-29, http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19981029/30250594.html, retrieved 2008-11-05, "Snippet: ... The designated special CBI court today remanded former Chief Ministers of Bihar Laloo Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra along with four others to judicial custody till tomorrow after inconclusively hearing their regular bail petitions ..."
- ^ "Jail for Bihar politician", BBC, 2000-06-07, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/781453.stm, retrieved 2008-11-05, "Snippet: ... Former chief minister of the northern state of Bihar, Jagannath Mishra, has been remanded in judicial custody in a multi-million dollar fodder scam ..."
Book "Dr. Jagannath Mishra" by Khurshid Anwar Arfi Published in 1993, Arif Publications (Patna, Bihar, India)
| Preceded by Abdul Gafoor |
Chief Minister of Bihar 1975—1977 |
Succeeded by President's Rule |
| Preceded by President's Rule |
Chief Minister of Bihar 1980—1983 |
Succeeded by Chandrashekhar Singh |
| Preceded by Satyendra Narayan Sinha |
Chief Minister of Bihar 1989—1990 |
Succeeded by Lalu Prasad Yadav |
