Prem Kumar Mani

Prem Kumar Mani is a senior Rashtriya Janata Dal politician serving as the election strategist of the party. He is also the national vice president of RJD. Besides his political career, Mani is also famed as an author primarily writing for the upliftment of lower strata of society. He has also worked as a journalist before joining the active politics with the membership of Janata Dal (United), the party through which he started his political career as the Member of Bihar Legislative Council.[1][2][3]

Prem Kumar Mani
Member of the Bihar Legislative Council
In office
2006–2011
Personal details
Born25 July 1953
Bihar, India
Political partyRashtriya Janata Dal (2011-present)
Janata Dal (United) (till 2011)

Early life

Mani was born to Valmiki Mani, a freedom fighter of Bihar. During thd initial part of his life, he came in the contact of Buddhist monk Jagdish Kashyap and spent some time getting baptism at Nalanda Mahavihar, a notable Budhhist site. Later, he started his career as writer cum journalist with his first work as Manusmriti, ek pratikriya. He has also compiled a work on the life and time of social reformer Jyotiba Phule and has been awarded with Srikant verma smriti puruskar for his essays as well as with Vishesh Sahitya Seva Samman (in 1993) by Government of Bihar. Mani is married to Mamta Mani and is a father of three.[1]

Political career

He was nominated to the Bihar legislative council as a member of Janata Dal (United) in 2006 and was ousted from the party for anti party activities in 2011. In the meantime, he was suspended from the Bihar legislative council by the sitting chairman. Mani however filed a suit challenging the council chairman's jurisdiction over his suspension order.[4] Mani was ousted from the party following the complaint from JD (U) chief whip on the charge of allegedly being close to Upendra Kushwaha, a rebel leader of JD (U) who assumed several high positions in the party.[5] Following Mani's suspension the party suspended him too along with other senior leaders like Lalan Singh for criticising the policy of chief minister Nitish Kumar.[6] Mani has remained close to Nitish Kumar since the formation of Samata Party and was among the policy formulators of the party until he was ousted in 2011. After joining Rashtriya Janata Dal he was elevated to the position of vice president of the party in 2021 as a part of RJD's Luv-Kush response to those of JD (U)'s.[7]

References
  1. "Member Profile, Bihar legislative council". Bihar Legislative Council. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. "JD(U) panel for stern action against 11 MPs". India Today. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  3. "JDU के पूर्व MLC का दावा- केशव प्रसाद मौर्य ने योगी आदित्यनाथ के साथ मिलकर की बगावत, नरेंद मोदी को माननी पड़ हार". Jansatta. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. Sinha, Nishant. "JD(U) MLC Mani challenges termination order in HC". Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  5. "Council creates history, terminates membership of Prem Kumar Mani". Bihar Times. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  6. "JD-U suspends four MPs for anti-party activities". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  7. "तीर नीतीश का और निशाना राजद का:मणि, नीतीश के दोस्त रहे, लव-कुश राजनीति में भी फिट बैठते हैं, राजद ने इसलिए बनाया उपाध्यक्ष". Dainik Bhaskar. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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