Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan Singh

Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan Singh is an Indian politician and member of 9th, 13th, 15th and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. And currently serving as Minister of Dairy Development, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries in Yogi Adityanath ministry. He represents the Chhata constituency as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was previously a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party and was a cabinet minister in the government led by chief minister Mayawati.

Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan
Minister of Dairy Development, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
March 2017
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded byRam Murti Verma
Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of
Chhata
Assumed office
11 March 2017
Preceded byTejpal Singh
In office
May 2007 – March 2012
Preceded byTejpal Singh
Succeeded byTejpal Singh
In office
October 1996 – February 2002
Preceded byTejpal Singh
Succeeded byTejpal Singh
In office
March 1985 – November 1989
Preceded byChandan Singh
Succeeded byKishori Shyam
Personal details
Born (1951-07-22) 22 July 1951
Sanchuli, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
Spouse(s)
Mamta Chaudhary
​
(m. 1979)​
ParentsRatiram Chaudhary[2]
ResidenceSanchuli, Chhata, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materAgra University (L.L.B.)[2]
OccupationMLA
ProfessionPolitician[2]
As on 14 April 2020

Political career

In 2006, Chaudhury joined the Bahujan Samaj Party.[3] In the BSP government, he was the agricultural minister and was portrayed by the media as the party's "Jat face". He assisted chief minister Mayawati in pacifying agitation in Jat majority areas.[4] He also said to the Jat farmers that the government was not against the farmers.[4]

In July 2015, Chaudhary along with a former mayor of Agra joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.[5] In January 2017, he filed his nomination for 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, where he would contest from Chhata. He said that his intention was to carry Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mission of development forward.[6] He won the election by defeating a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate.[7] He was given the portfolio of Additional Charge of Dairy Industry, Culture, Minority Welfare, Religious activities by chief minister Yogi Adityanath.[8]

After becoming a minister, Chaudhary said that the government would impose the "Gujarat model of dairy development". He also said that steps would be taken to prohibit illegal slaughter of cattle.[9] It was also announced that the Sunni and Shia Waqf boards of the state would be dissolved. He cited the alleged scams involving the boards for this decision.[10] Chaudhary said that an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation was required, and also alleged a scam of 1000 crore rupees associated with the boards.[11] He was also made the party incharge of Kaushambi district.[12]

Views

Chaudhary is of the opinion that unlike the government of Akhilesh Yadav, the Yogi Adityanath government does not indulge in politics of appeasement. He also said Uttar Pradesh was heading towards ''Rama Rajya'' (kingdom of Hindu god Rama) during the government of Adityanath. He also said that the celebrations of Ramlila in Ayodhya and Rasa lila in Vrindavan were evidences of his claim.[13]

Personal life

In January 2017, Chaudhary was injured in a road accident while on his way to attend a rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lucknow [14]

References
  1. "Profile" (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. "Laxmi Narayan". My Neta. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  3. "Maya names 300 for VS polls". Hindustan Times. 14 July 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  4. "I am one of you, BSP minister pleads with Jats". Indian Express. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  5. "पूर्व मंत्री चौधरी और आहिरवार भाजपा में शामिल– News18 हिंदी". News18 India. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  6. "छाता विधानसभा सीट से भाजपा प्रत्याशी लक्ष्मी नारायण चौधरी ने भरा पर्चा". One India. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  7. "Chhata - Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2017". India. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  8. "मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने कई मंत्रियों के विभाग बदले - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath changed the departments of several Ministers hindi news". www.patrika.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  9. "Will implement Gujarat model of dairy development: UP minister for Dairy Development Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary". Financial Express. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  10. "योगी सरकार का बड़ा फैसला, वक्फ बोर्ड के छह सदस्यों को हटाया - Yogi Sarkar big decision, removed six members of Waqf Board hindi news". www.patrika.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  11. "UP minister demands CBI probe of Waqf affairs". www.aninews.in. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  12. "UP State Minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary plan for development of Kaushambi news in Hindi-जिला पंचायत सदस्यों के विरोध के बीच प्रभारी मंत्री ने खींचा विकास का खाका". m.patrika.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  13. News), Raftaar News(Latest Hindi (17 June 2017). "योगी-आदित्य-नाथ-के-मंत्री-ने-कहा-अयोध्या-में-रामलीला-वृंदावन-रासलीला-जैसी-पहल-से-यूपी-रामर". news.raftaar.in. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  14. "Ex-UP minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary among 5 injured in road mishap". Zee News. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
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