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About Gajendra Prasad Himanshu
- Gajendra Prasad Himanshu is a veteran socialist leader from Bihar, India.
- Seven times he has been elected M.L.A.
- from Hasanpur (in years 1967, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1990 & 2000).He is considered to be one of the very honest and principled politicians in Bihar.
- Twice he had rejected the offer to become Chief Minister at the cost of breaking his party and taking support from congress.
- Due to his non controversial and clean image he is respected by all the leaders from his own and other parties as well.
- He is highly influenced by the ideologies of Dr.
- Ram Manohar Lohia. In year 1977, he became minister of state irrigation, Government of Bihar.
- He was deputy speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1985.
- In 1990, he became cabinet minister of Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED), Bihar. He was nominated as speaker of Bihar Assembly in year 2000, by Janata Dal (United) Government.
- However, the nomination was withdrawn last minute to retain the sanctity of the House particularly that of the chair’s post and would not like to contest the election just to create a precedence.
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