Yashwant Sinha

                                       YASHWANT  SINHA

Image result for yaswant sinha                       Yashwant Sinha is an Indian administrator, politician and a former Minister of Finance (1990–1991 under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and March 1998 – July 2002 under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Minister of External Affairs July 2002 – May 2004). He is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. His son Jayant Sinha, a consultant and investor, won the 2014 elections for the Hazaribagh constituency and is currently serving as Minister of State for Civil Aviation in Narendra Modi's cabinet. In 2015, in recognition for his contributions to Indo-French relations, Sinha was conferred the Legion of Honor, France's highest civilian honor. 
                       Sinha was born in Patna, Bihar into a Kayastha family. Sinha joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1960 and spent over 24 years holding important posts during his service tenure. He served as Sub-Divisional Magistrate and District Magistrate for 4 years. He was Under Secretary and Deputy Secretary in the Finance Department of the Bihar Government for 2 years after which he worked in the Ministry of Commerce as Deputy Secretary to the Government of India. He later was Joint Secretary to Government of India in the Ministry of Surface Transport from 1980 to 1984, his main responsibilities were road transport, ports and shipping. He resigned from service in 1984. Sinha resigned from the Indian Administrative Service in 1984 and joined active politics as a member of the Janata Party. 
Image result for yaswant sinha                      He was appointed All-India General secretary of the party in 1986 and was elected Member of the Rajya Sabha in 1988. He became the National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party in June 1996. He was appointed finance minister in March 1998.In his autobiography Drohkaal ka Pathik, released in November 2013, former MP Pappu Yadav alleged that three MPs of his Indian Federal Democratic Party got money from the then finance minister Sinha, to join the NDA in 2001. Also there were allegations against Yastwant Sinha, that he was involved in the UTI scam.
On 4 April 2017, Sinha was arrested Hazaribagh district along with MLA Manish Jaiswal and 150 others after trying to hold a religious procession when the police stopped them, leading to them protesting the action with the supporters throwing stones at the police.

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