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1960-68
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Gram Pradhan, Bijuli Panchayat (two terms)
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1965-67
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President, Prakhand Panchayat Samiti, Darbhanga
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1967-74
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Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly (Three terms)
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Chief Whip, Sanyukt Socialist Party (SANSOPA), Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Member, Public Accounts Committee, Rules Committee and Committee
on Petitions
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1971
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President, Zila Parishad (District Board)
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1972
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President, Sanyukt Socialist Party (SANSOPA), Darbhanga
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1974-77
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General Secretary, Bhartiya Lok Dal, Bihar
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1977-79
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Elected to 6th Lok Sabha
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Secretary, Parliamentary Committee, Bihar
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General Secretary, Janata Party, Bihar
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1980
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Elected to Rajya Sabha
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President, Election Committee, Lok Dal, Bihar
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1980-86
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Chief Whip, Lok Dal, Rajya Sabha
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1982-84
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Deputy Leader, Rajya Sabha
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1983
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National General Secretary, Janata Party
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1983-84
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Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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1984-86
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Deputy Leader, Lok Dal, Rajya Sabha
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1985-86
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Member, Committee on Official Language
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1985-89
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President, Janata Party, Bihar
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1989
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Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1989-90
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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1990
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, Consultative Committee & Ministry
of Finance
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Deputy leader, Janata Dal, Lok Sabha
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1990-91
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Union Cabinet Minister, Textiles and Food Processing Industries
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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13 Oct. 1999-26 May 2000
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Union Minister of State, Agriculture
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27 May 2000- 6 Nov. 2000
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Union Minister of State, Surface Transport
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7 Nov. 2000- 1 Nov. 2001
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Union Minister of State, Shipping
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2 Nov. 2001
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Union Minister of State, Agriculture
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2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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31 Aug. 2009
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Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture
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23 Sep. 2009
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Member, Committee on Government Assurances
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Member,Committee on Official Language
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Member, Consultative Committe, Urban Development
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3 May 2013
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Member, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs)
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May, 2014
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Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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9 June 2014 onwards
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Member, Panel of Chairpersons, Lok Sabha
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1 Sep. 2014 onwards
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Chairperson, Standing Committee on Agriculture
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Convenor, Third Sub-Committee of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language
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Member, Advisory Committee, Ministry of Rural Development
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29 Jan. 2015 onwards
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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12 Aug. 2018 onwards
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Member, Committee on Ethics
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