Muni Lall

Muni Lall was an Indian politician, Union minister of State and former civil servant.

Muni Lall
मुनि लाल
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1996–2004
Preceded byChhedi Paswan
Succeeded byMeira Kumar
ConstituencySasaram, Bihar
Minister of State, Government of India
In office
13 October 1999 – 22 May 2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
MinisterSatyanarayan Jatiya
MoS forMinistry of Labour and Employment
Personal details
Born(1938-08-06)6 August 1938
Bhojpur, Bihar Province, British India
Died23 December 2019(2019-12-23) (aged 81)
Patna, Bihar, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Rita Lall
ResidenceAmbedkar Path, Rukanpura, Patna
OccupationIndian Administrative Services

Early life

He was born on 6 August 1948 to Ram Ashray Prasad into Paswan caste at Bhojpur, Bihar Province, British India. He did B.A (Eco.) and M.A (Pol. Sci) from Patna University. Later he got admitted into PhD course at London School of Economics and his subject of research was "Development of Tribals through Co-operativization." But he could not submit thesis for approval due to some personal problems.[1]

Civil Services

He got selected into civil services in and held the post of SDO, Land Reforms and SDM of Chas in Bihar government for 5 years.[2]

Later he got promoted to ADM, Supply & Rationing, M.D of Bihar State Tribal Development Corporation, Bihar State Hill Area Lift Irrigation Corp. and BIADA (Bokaro). He was also DC and DM of Bokaro district. He was then promoted to Additional Secretary, Special Secretary and Secretary in Dept. of Planning & Development in Bihar Government.[3]

Political career

He took voluntary retirement in 1996 to join politics and held position as National President in BJP of Scheduled Caste Morcha.

In 1996, he became Member of Parliament into Lok Sabha representing Sasaram constituency. In 1998, he got re-elected from same seat and again in 1999 Lok Sabha elections. In 1999, he was appointed as Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment.[4][5] He also served as -

  • Member of Standing Committee on Energy
  • Member of Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal
  • Member of Standing Committee on Industry
  • Member of Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes

Seminars & Workshops Attended

He attended 88th Session of the ILC of International Labour Organization, 89th Session of the ILC of International Labour Organization, 90th Session of the ILC of International Labour Organization and 37th Session of the Indian Labour Conference.[6]

He died at Paras Hospital in Patna district, Bihar.[7]

References
  1. "MUNI LAL(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Sasaram(BIHAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. "lsbi49". www.indiapress.org. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  4. IANS (12 February 2014). "Meira Kumar may battle two ex-IAS officers". Business Standard India. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  5. "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  6. "PIB Press Releases". archive.pib.gov.in. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  7. "आरा: सासाराम के पूर्व सांसद मुनी लाल का निधन". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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