Janak Ram

Janak Ram is an Indian politician and current Minister of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Welfare in the Government of Bihar. He is a former Member of the Lok Sabha from Gopalganj. He won the 2014 Indian general election as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.^[1]

Janak Ram
Minister of SC & ST Welfare Government of Bihar
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 March 2024
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Santosh Kumar Suman
Minister of Mines & Geology Government of Bihar
In office 9 February 2021 – 9 August 2022
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Jibesh Kumar
Succeeded by	Rama Nand Yadav
Member of Bihar Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 March 2021
Constituency	Nominated by Governor
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2014–2019
Preceded by	Purnmasi Ram
Succeeded by	Alok Kumar Suman
Constituency	Gopalganj
Personal details
Born	(1973-12-05) 5 December 1973 (age 51) Indrawa, Gopalganj (Bihar)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Priyanka ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	1 son, 1 daughter
Parents	Rambali Ram (father) Ilayachi Devi (mother)
Education	M.A.
Alma mater	Rajendra College, Chapra
Profession	Politician

Political career

Janak Ram had contested his maiden election in 2014 Indian general election from Gopalganj on a BJP ticket where he emerged victorious by a margin of 2,86,936 votes defeating Jyoti Bharti of Congress. In 2019, he was denied ticket after Nitish Kumar had returned to NDA and the Gopalganj seat had gone to JDU in seat sharing agreement. He was later nominated as the member of Bihar Legislative Council from Governor's quota^[2] and was made the Minister of Mines & Geology in Nitish Kumar cabinet from February 2021 to August 2022.^[3] On 15 March 2024 he was inducted into Nitish Kumar cabinet and was given the charge of Department of SC/ST Welfare.^[4]

Personal life

He is married to Kumari Priyanka and has 1 son, and a daughter.^[5]