Beni Prasad Verma

Beni Prasad Verma
MP of Rajya Sabha for Uttar Pradesh [1]
Assumed office
5 July 2016
Preceded by Jugul Kishore, BSP
Constituency Uttar Pradesh
Minister of Steel
Assumed office
19 Jan 2011 - 26 May 2014
Preceded by Virbhadra Singh
Succeeded by Narendra Singh Tomar
MP
Assumed office
2009-2014
Preceded by Kirti Vardhan Singh
Succeeded by Kirti Vardhan Singh
Constituency Gonda
MP
In office
1996 - 2009
Preceded by Laxminarain Mani Tripathi
Succeeded by Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
Constituency Kaiserganj
Personal details
Born (1941-02-11) 11 February 1941
Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh
Political party Samajwadi Party
Spouse(s) Malti Devi
Children 3 sons and 2 daughters
Residence Sirauli Gauspur, Barabanki district
Religion Hinduism
As of May 13, 2016
Source:

Beni Prasad Verma (born 11 February 1941) is an Indian politician and presently a member of the Samajwadi Party. Earlier he was with Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh Yadav, before leaving to join the Indian National Congress.

Personal life

Rishikesh Vishwakarma was born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh[2] into a Lohar family.[3]

Political career

Beni Prasad Verma was 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 Minister 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.

In 2016, he rejoined the Samajwadi Party.

Educational institutes

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.[4]

Controversies

In December 2009 during a debate session in Lok Sabha, Beni Prasad had made controversial remarks for Former Prime Minister Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, he used "man of low stands" for Mr. Vajpayee.[5] This created serious agitation among BJP leaders protested immediately by shouting, they stalled parliament and demanded an apology. Home Minister P Chidambaram apologized for the remark, but the BJP said it would boycott the Lok Sabha till Verma apologises, But Verma refused to apologise.[6]

On the next day, the then prime minister had apologised in the parliament for the controversial remark against the former prime minister. He said, "A member of our ruling coalition said something that was inappropriate; with regard to Vajpayee those words where used. I on behalf of our government apologise that those words should not have been used."[7]

In February 2012, during the Uttar Pradesh elections Verma dared EC to arrest him, saying quota for Muslims will be hiked.[8] 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 .[9]

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. [10]

On 13 December 2012, he made a remark that "Do not hang Afzal Guru but give him life imprisonment".[11]

In December 2013, when he asked about Kumar Vishwas standing against Rahul Gandhi in election from Rahul Gandhi's home place Amethi he said, "what will he fight, how will he fight. He is nothing but a joker. There are so many jokers already, he can join them."[12]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/samajwadi-party-wins-7-rajya-sabha-seats-in-up-kapil-sibal-emerges-victorious-1418013
  2. ↑ Rishikesh Vishwakarma
  3. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=-rMW03l_gx0C&pg=PA376 Christophe Jaffrelot]
  4. ↑ http://www.mlveibarabanki.org/
  5. ↑ "PM apologises for remark on Vajpayee". Zee News.
  6. ↑ "BJP threatens to stall Parliament over 'insult' to Vajpayee". Rediff.
  7. ↑ "Prime Minister apologises for remarks against Vajpayee". NDTV.
  8. ↑ "Beni Prasad Verma dares EC says quota for Muslims will be hiked (TOI)". The Times Of India.
  9. ↑ "Beni Prasad Verma is 'happy' with rising prices, gets flak". Hindustan Times.
  10. ↑ "Beni Prasad Verma says Rs 71 lakh too little for a central minister". The Times of India.
  11. ↑ http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/dont-hang-afzal-guru-beni-prasad-verma_816469.html
  12. ↑ http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/beni-prasad-verma-calls-aap-s-kumar-vishwas-a-joker_896243.html

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Political offices
Preceded by
Virbhadra Singh		 Minister of Steel
19 Jan 2011 - 26 May 2014 		Succeeded by
Narendra Singh Tomar
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