Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha
VERMA, SHRI BENI PRASAD [SAMAJVADI PARTY - KAISERGANJ (UTTAR PRADESH)]
Father's Name Shri Mohan Lal Verma Date of Birth 11 February 1941 Place of Birth Sirauli, Distt. Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh) Marital Status Married on 20 May 1956 Spouse's Name Smt. Malti Devi Children Three sons and two daughters Educational Qualifications LL.B. Educated at Lucknow University, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) Profession Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker Permanent Address Vill. Sirauli Gauspur, Distt. Barabanki-225 001 (Uttar Pradesh) Tel. (05241) 82344, 56006 Present Address 34, Prithviraj Road, New Delhi - 110011 Tels. (011) 3016133, 3792660 Fax (011) 3018234 Positions Held 1974-80 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and 1985-95 1974-77 General-Secretary, Bharatiya Kranti Dal, Uttar Pradesh 1977-80 Minister, Jails, Cane Development and Sugar Industry, Uttar Pradesh General-Secretary, Janata Party (J.P.), Uttar Pradesh 1980-84 General-Secretary, Bharatiya Lok Dal (B.L.D.), Uttar Pradesh 1985-89 Deputy Leader, Lok Dal Legislature Party, Uttar Pradesh 1989-91 Minister, Public Works Department, Excise and Parliamentary Affairs, Uttar Pradesh Member, Janta Dal (J.D.) Parliamentary Board Chief Whip, J.D., Uttar Pradesh 1993-94 Minister, Public Works Department and Parliamentary Affairs, Uttar Pradesh General-Secretary, Samajvadi Party (S.P.) Chief Whip, S.P. Legislature Party, Uttar Pradesh 1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha 1 June 1996- Union Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs 29 June 1996 June 1996- Union Minister of State, Communications (Independent Charge) July 1996 1996-98 Union Cabinet Minister, Communications 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1998-99 Member, General Purposes Committee Member, Committee on Finance Convenor, Sub-Committee 'A' on Department of Telecom, Committee on Communications Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications Special Interests Agriculture Favourite Pastime and Recreation Playing chess Countries Visited France and U.K.

Election Result of Kaiserganj Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 11,09,316 Total votes polled 6,68,038 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates (1) Shri Beni Prasad Verma (S.P.) 2,64,369 (2) Shri Ghanshyam Shukla (B.J.P.) 2,39,398 (3) Shri Farid Mahfooz Qidwai (B.S.P.) 1,23,840 (4) Smt. Uma Shankar (Ind.) 22,947
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