Vinod Narayan Jha

Vinod Narayan Jha is an Indian politician and currently cabinet minister of PHED department, Government of Bihar. He has served as vice-president and chief spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. On 3 June 2016 he was elected unopposed to the Bihar Legislative Council and served as cabinet minister in Government of Bihar.[1]

Vinod Narayan Jha
Minister of Public Health Engineering Department
Government of Bihar
In office
29 July 2017 – 16 November 2020
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Preceded byKrishnanandan Prasad Verma
Succeeded byRam Prit Paswan
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2020
Preceded byBhawana Jha
ConstituencyBenipatti
In office
2010–2015
Preceded byShaligram Yadav
Succeeded byBhawana Jha
ConstituencyBenipatti
In office
2005–2010
Preceded byNaiyar Azam
Succeeded byconstituency defunct
ConstituencyPandaul
Member of Bihar Legislative Council
In office
3 June 2016 – 11 November 2020
Succeeded byMukesh Sahani
Constituencyelected by Legislative Assembly members
Personal details
Born (1957-02-28) 28 February 1957
Ghonghour, Madhubani, Bihar
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseSmt Meena Jha
ChildrenSon – Vibhay Kumar Jha & 2 daughters

Political career

He is one of the senior most politicians from Bihar who participated actively in Jayaprakash Narayan – Bihar Movement. He was jailed for three months in Buxar central jail as political prisoner. On the invitation of American council of young political leaders he visited America to cover George H. W. Bush presidential election and travelled eleven states of United States to participate in Democratic Party (United States) conferences.

Minister of Public Health Engineering Department

He is known for successful implementation of comprehensive "Nal Jal Yojna – हर घर नल-हर घर जल" and his commitment on providing Arsenic-free water across Bihar by 2020. He created a controversy in 2019 General elections in India by stating only beauty can win the election referring to Priyanka Gandhi.[2] Under his tenure 110 quality-testing labs across its 38 districts were set-up and arrangements were made to provide drinking water from the surface of Ganges instead of sourcing from underground water.[3] As a minister of PHED, he campaigned for mass awareness on water quality and ensured that all citizens can get certificate about quality of drinking water within 24 hrs of submitting samples.[4] His effort on maintaining water hygiene and consuming clean drinking water among all people of the state was appreciated by many established NGOs in the region.

Positions held

References
  1. Goswami, Arpita (14 December 2018). "BJP will unexpected victory in Bengal: Vinod Narayan Jha". GNS News. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. ""Only Beautiful": Bihar Minister's Sexist Remark On Priyanka Gandhi Vadra". NDTV.com. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. "Arsenic-free water across Bihar by 2020: PHED minister". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  4. Singh, Abhay (8 June 2019). "Minister: 20 districts facing severe water crisis". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  5. "ETV Bharat". www.etvbharat.com. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  6. "Nitish a Man without Principles; Says BJP Spokesperson – PatnaDaily". www.patnadaily.com. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
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