Gopal Jee Thakur

Gopal Jee Thakur (born 15 October 1969) is an Indian Politician. He is a member of 17th Lok Sabha, representing Darbhanga (Loksabha constituency).[3][4][5] He was a member (MLA) of the Bihar legislative assembly from the Benipur constituency as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2010 and served as Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party[2] State Unit of Bihar, India. He is also a Member of Standing Committee on Railways, Member of Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways. In 2021, He became special invitee member of BJP's National Executive committee.

Gopal Jee Thakur
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
23 May 2019[1]
Preceded byKirti Azad
ConstituencyDarbhanga
Member of Legislative Assembly
ConstituencyBenipur
Personal details
Born (1969-10-15) 15 October 1969
Padri, Darbhanga, Bihar
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Parent(s)Ganesh Prasad Thakur (father)
Ram Sagar Devi (mother)
ResidenceDarbhanga & Patna
EducationPh.D[2]
OccupationPolitician & agriculturist

Thakur is a senior BJP leader from Mithila Region of Bihar. He was elected from Darbhanga Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 267,979 votes. He defeated RJD candidate Abdul Bari Siddiqui . Gopal Jee Thakur is popularly admired for his hard work and development politics.

Early life

Gopal Jee Thakur was born on 15th of October 1969 to a Maithil Brahmin family of Parri village, Darbhanga district. His father late Shri Ganesh Prashad Thakur (Popularly known as Kishan Bhai) was a farmer, a Science teacher and a member of Sangh parivar. Gopal Jee Thakur is a Ph.D in Sociology. An agriculturist by profession, Thakur has been active in Politics since his student life. He was very active in student politics of darbhanga during 1985 to 1990. He became a political figure and a social worker. After winning the 2019 General election from Darbhanga Loksabha, Thakur became the first local MP (Member of Parliament) from Darbhanga District with highest vote of 5,86,668 in the history of Darbhanga Loksabha election. Gopal Jee Thakur is active in Darbhanga district.

Career

Gopal Jee Thakur started his Political career by stepping into the Student Politics of Darbhanga District of Bihar State. He was very active in student politics of Darbhanga during 1985 to 1990. He is a Member of Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh since his childhood.

Posts
# From To Position
01 1990 1992 Panchayat President, Padari (Bharatiya Janata Party)
02 1992 1994 BJP President, Yuva Morcha, Biraul
03 1994 1996 BJP General Secretary, Kishan Morcha, Darbhanga
04 1996 2003 BJP President, Biraul (two terms)
05 1998 1999 President, Primary Agricultural Credit Cooperation Society, Padari
06 1998 1999 Representative, Darbhanga CENTRAL cooperative Bank, Darbhanga
07 1998 1999 Member, IFFCO Fertiliser, Darbhanga
08 1998 1999 Member, Samastipur Railway Advisory Committee
09 2000 2003 Member, Darbhanga Telecom Advisory Committee
10 2003 2007 BJP President, Darbhanga District (Bihar)
11 2006 Member, Chief Minister Road Bridge, Darbhanga,Bihar
12 2007 Member, Jila 20 Sutri, Darbhanga District
13 2007 2013 Member, Bihar BJP State Executive Committee (Two Terms)
14 2010 2015 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly Benipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
15 2013 2016 Co-odinator, Cooperation Cell, BJP
16 2017 2019 Vice President (BJP Bihar State Unit)
17 2019 Present Member of Parliament From Darbhanga (Loksabha Constituency)
18 2019 Present Member, Standing Committee on Railways (Two Terms)
19 2019 Present Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways (Two Terms)
20 2021 Present Special Invitee Member, BJP National Executive Committee

See also

References
  1. The Indian Express (23 May 2019). "Darbhanga Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 LIVE Updates: BJP's Gopal Jee Thakur wins". Archived from the original on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. "BJP Bihar State Office Bearers – VICE PRESIDENTS".
  3. "ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA – List of Winners Bihar Assembly Election 2010" (PDF).
  4. "The following is the list of winning and nearest lost candidte in 2010 Bihar legislative assembly election". Archived from the original on 27 November 2010.
  5. "Benipur Vidhan Sabha constituency Winner candidte in 2010 Bihar legislative assembly election". Archived from the original on 27 November 2010.
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