Mewalal Chaudhary

Mewalal Chaudhary (alias Mewa lal Kushwaha; 4 January 1953 – 19 April 2021) was a leader of Janata Dal (United) and a minister for a brief period of time in the Nitish Kumar cabinet. He was elected from the Tarapur assembly to the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 2020. He was a minister in charge of Education in the 2020 Bihar Government.

Mewalal Chaudhary
Mewa Lal Chaudhary
Minister of Education
Government of Bihar
In office
16 November 2020 – 19 November 2020
Preceded byKrishna Nandan Prasad Verma
Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
November 2015 – 19 April 2021
Preceded byNeeta Choudhary
Succeeded byRajeev Kumar Singh
ConstituencyTarapur
Personal details
Born(1953-01-04)4 January 1953
Munger district, Bihar
Died19 April 2021(2021-04-19) (aged 68)
Paras Hospital, Patna
Political partyJanata Dal (United)
Spouse(s)Neeta Choudhary
EducationMaster of Science in Agriculture
PHD
ProfessionAgriculturist, Vice Chancellor of Bihar Agricultural University

Biography

Born on 4 January 1953 to Deep Narayan Chaudhary in Munger district, Mewalal was Master of Science in Agriculture. He was married to Neetu Chaudhary, who was a JD(U) MLA. Neetu however died in an accident caused by gas cylinder blast at her residence.[1] He entered active politics in 2010 and remained successful in getting elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly in the year 2015 on the ticket of Janata Dal (United). He defeated Shakuni Choudhury of Hindustani Awam Morcha in that election.[2]

He has served as Vice Chancellor of Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur and Bihar Agricultural University, Sabaur. Chaudhary has also remained one of the members of Committee which drafted Bihar Agricultural roadmap. Serving as the horticultural commissioner of the Government of India he assisted in development of the draft horticulture mission, micro irrigation project as well as National Bamboo Mission.[3] He has also worked for the upliftment of downtrodden.[4]

Corruption Allegations and Resignation

Mewalal Chaudhary faced corruption charges dated back to the time when he was the vice chancellor of Bhagalpur's Sabaur Agriculture University in 2017.A FIR was registered against him implicating him in an appointment scam of illegal recruitments.He also faced corruption charges over the construction of a building in the University Campus.[5]

Eventually under pressure he had to resign over corruption allegations 1.5 hours after taking charge as Bihar education minister, within 72 hours of taking oath as a cabinet minister.[6]

Death

Chaudhary died on 19 April 2021, from COVID-19 at Paras hospital in Patna, Bihar.[7]

References
  1. "JDU की पूर्व विधायक नीता चौधरी का निधन, CM नीतीश ने व्यक्त किया शोक". livehindustan.com. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. "Tarapur Election Result 2020 Live Updates: Mewa Lal Choudhary of JDU Wins". News18. 10 November 2020. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  3. "Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre (CBTC)" (PDF). cbtc.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Mewalal Chaudhary" (PDF). Bihar Vidhan Sabha. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  5. Rohit Kumar Singh (18 November 2020). "Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to replace new Education Minister over corruption charges? Meet triggers speculation". India Today. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  6. Rohit Kumar Singh (19 November 2020). "Bihar education minister Mewalal Choudhary resigns over corruption allegations 1.5 hours after taking charge". India Today. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  7. "JDU MLA Mewalal Choudhary dies due to Covid-19". India Today. Retrieved 19 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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