Janardan Dwivedi Explained

Janardan Dwivedi
Birth Date:1945 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Lodhawara, Chitrakoot, UP, India
Residence:New Delhi
Term Start:28 January 2004
Term End:27 January 2018
Successor:N. D. Gupta
Constituency:NCT Delhi
Office2:General Secretary, All India Congress Committee
Term Start2:2004
Term End2:December 2017
Successor2:Ashok Gehlot
Party:Indian National Congress
Children:2 Sons & 1 daughter
Alma Mater:University of Delhi
University of Allahabad
Source:http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=1977 india.gov.in

Janardan Dwivedi is an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress.

Early life

Dwivedi was born in Lodhawara in the present-day Chitrakoot district, Uttar Pradesh.[1]

Political career

In May 2009 he took charge from Veerappa Moily as Manager of Media Department of Congress in addition to serving as the party General Secretary. He was the general secretary (Administration)of Congress Party.

He was on the four member committee that included Rahul Gandhi, A.K.Antony and Ahmed Patel to look after the party's affairs in Sonia Gandhi's absence.[2]

Controversies

On 6 June 2011, during a press conference in Delhi he criticized Swami Ramdev and the Bharatiya Janata Party.[3] Dwivedi had a unsuccessfully shoe thrown at him as an insult by Sunil Kumar, who claimed to be a journalist from Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan state.

Stand on reservation

On 4 February 2014, he urged congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to reconsider the party's stand on caste based reservations in India. He said that caste based reservation should end and urged all the financially backward class to get the benefit irrespective of caste.[4] However, congress party separated from Dwivedi's view saying that it was his personal view and not the party's.Congress president Sonia Gandhi later clarified the party's stand and said that Caste based reservations should continue for SCs, STs and OBCs.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/Shri%20Janardan%20Dwivedi.htm Shri Janardan Dwivedi
  2. http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sonia-has-surgery-abroad-rahul-in-caretaker-team/444927/ Sonia has surgery abroad, Rahul in caretaker team
  3. News: Shoe attack bid shows desperation in RSS, BJP: Congress . 6 June 2011 . . 6 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110609011916/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Shoe-attack-bid-shows-desperation-in-RSS-BJP-Congress/Article1-706464.aspx . 9 June 2011 .
  4. https://archive.today/20140207185230/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-02-04/india/47003385_1_caste-lines-party-manifesto-congress-leader Senior Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi wants end to reservation on caste lines – The Times of India
  5. https://archive.today/20140207185223/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-02-05/india/47047823_1_janardan-dwivedi-obcs-aicc Caste-based reservations must continue, Sonia Gandhi says – The Times of India