Preceded by Chandrashekhar Singh Party Indian National Congress Died January 20, 1993 | Role Legislator Name Bindeshwari Dubey Succeeded by Bhagwat Jha Azad | |
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Political party Indian National Congress Residence Mahuaon, Bhojpur District, Bihar | ||
Pt bindeshwari dubey wmv
Bindeshwari Dubey (14 January 1921 – 20 January 1993) was a freedom fighter, a veteran trade unionist and an able administrator who served as Chief Minister of Bihar between 25 March 1985 and 14 February 1988.
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- Pt bindeshwari dubey wmv
- Quit India Movement
- Political career
- Chief Minister of Bihar
- National offices
- Legacy
- References
Dubey was involved in the nationalisation of Indian collieries, especially in the Chhotanagpur region that was then a part of Bihar (now Jharkhand). He held the portfolios of Law, Justice and Labour in the Union Council of Ministers in Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet. Earlier, he had held offices at state level as Minister of Education, Transport and Health. He was a member of the Seventh Lok Sabha between 1980 and 1984, representing the Giridih constituency in Bihar. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1988 until his death. Earlier he had been a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly during 1952-57, 1962–77 and 1985-88. He had also been a National as well as State President of INTUC besides being a Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee President.
Quit India Movement
Dubey left his engineering studies to join the freedom movement. He has also participated in Quit India Movement in 1942. He was a part of the famous Young Turks of Bihar Congress during the independence movement along with Bhagwat Jha Azad, Chandrashekhar Singh, Satendra Narayan Sinha, Kedar Pandey, Abdul Ghafoor all future chief ministers and Sitaram Kesri, future national president of Indian National Congress
Political career
Dubey was a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly for five periods as a representative of the Bermo constituency, being 1952-57, 1962–67, 1967–69, 1969–72, 1972-77. Between 1985-88 he was again a member, this time for the Shahpur constituency.
For the short period of 28 May - 24 June 1973, Dubey served as Education and Science & Technology Minister for the state government headed by Kedar Pandey. He was Transport Minister from 25 September 1973 till 18 April 1974 in an Abdul Gafoor-led government, and from 11 April 1975 to 30 April 1977 he was in Jagannath Mishra's government of Bihar as a Cabinet Minister of Health & Family Welfare.
Chief Minister of Bihar
Dubey became Chief Minister on 25 March 1985 and held the post until 14 February 1988, gaining a reputation as a good organiser and motivator. However, his Chief Ministership was controversial and there were accusations of genocide and corruption. He launched the 'Operation Black Panther' in Champaran to free the area from the criminals and other anti-social elements. He also launched 'Operation Siddhartha' and 'Mafia Trial' to combat the MCC terrorist group and the Coal Mafias of Dhanbad, respectively.
National offices
Dubey was a member of the Seventh Lok Sabha between 1980-1984 as a representative of the Giridih constituency in Bihar. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 3 April 1988 until his death on 20 January 1993.
While in the Lok Sabha, he was Union minister for Law and Justice between 14 February - 26 June 1988, and then Minister for Labour from 26 June 1988 until 1 December 1989.
Legacy
Among the numerous structures and institutions named in Dubey's honour are: