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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{ Infobox officeholder
| name = Prem Kumar Mani
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| party = [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] (2011-present)
<br>[[Janata Dal (United)]] (till 2011)
| birth_date = 25 July 1953
| birth_place = [[Bihar]], [[India]]
| alma_mater =
| spouse =
| children =
| office1 = Member of the [[Bihar Legislative Council]]
|office2=
| constituency2=
| term_start1 = 2006
| term_end1 = 2011
|term_start2=
}}
'''Prem Kumar Mani''' is a senior [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] (RJD) politician serving as the election strategist of the party. He is also the national vice president of RJD. Besides his political career, Mani is also famed as an author primarily writing for the upliftment of lower strata of society. He has also worked as a journalist before joining the active politics with the membership of [[Janata Dal (United)]], the party through which he started his political career as the member of Bihar Legislative Council.<ref name="BLC">{{cite web | url=http://www.biharvidhanparishad.gov.in/Members/PremKumarMani.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125180250/http://www.biharvidhanparishad.gov.in/Members/PremKumarMani.htm |title=Member Profile, Bihar legislative council| website=Bihar Legislative Council| archive-date=25 January 2021| accessdate=25 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/east/story/jd-u-disciplinary-committee-for-stern-action-against-11-mps-from-bihar-129976-2011-03-09| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126175621/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/east/story/jd-u-disciplinary-committee-for-stern-action-against-11-mps-from-bihar-129976-2011-03-09 |title=JD(U) panel for stern action against 11 MPs| website=[[India Today]]| accessdate=25 January 2021| archive-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jansatta.com/elections/jdu-ex-mlc-prem-kumar-mani-claimed-keshav-prasad-maurya-revolts-with-yogi-adityanath-againts-pm-modi/278981/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126174938/https://www.jansatta.com/elections/jdu-ex-mlc-prem-kumar-mani-claimed-keshav-prasad-maurya-revolts-with-yogi-adityanath-againts-pm-modi/278981/ |title=JDU के पूर्व MLC का दावा- केशव प्रसाद मौर्य ने योगी आदित्यनाथ के साथ मिलकर की बगावत, नरेंद मोदी को माननी पड़ हार| website=Jansatta| accessdate=25 January 2021| archive-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>

==Early life==
Mani was born to Valmiki Mani, a freedom fighter of Bihar. During the initial part of his life, he came in the contact of [[Buddhist]] monk Jagdish Kashyap and spent some time getting [[baptism]] at [[Nalanda]] Mahavihar, a notable Budhhist site. Later, he started his career as a journalist with his first work as ''Manusmriti, ek pratikriya''. He has also compiled a work on the life and time of social reformer [[Jyotiba Phule]] and has been awarded with ''Srikant verma smriti puruskar'' for his essays as well as with ''Vishesh Sahitya Seva Samman'' (in 1993) by [[Government of Bihar]]. Mani is married to Mamta Mani and is a father of three.<ref name="BLC"/>

==Political career==
Mani was nominated to the Bihar legislative council as a member of [[Janata Dal (United)]] in 2006 and was ousted from the party for anti-party activities in 2011. In the meantime, he was suspended from the Bihar legislative council by the sitting chairman. Mani however filed a suit challenging the council chairman's jurisdiction over his suspension order.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sinha|first=Nishant|date=2011-09-29|title=JD(U) MLC Mani challenges termination order in HC|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/patna/JDU-MLC-Mani-challenges-termination-order-in-HC/articleshow/10171896.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125183034/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/JDU-MLC-Mani-challenges-termination-order-in-HC/articleshow/10171896.cms?from=mdr|archive-date=25 January 2021|website=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=25 January 2021}}</ref> Mani was ousted from the party following the complaint from JD (U) chief [[Whip (politics) |whip]] on the charge of collusion with [[Upendra Kushwaha]], a rebel leader of JD (U) who assumed several high positions in the party.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bihartimes.in/Newsbihar/2011/Sep/newsbihar13Sep2.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125190535/http://www.bihartimes.in/Newsbihar/2011/Sep/newsbihar13Sep2.html |title=Council creates history, terminates membership of Prem Kumar Mani| website=Bihar Times| accessdate=25 January 2021| archive-date=25 January 2021}}</ref> Following Mani's suspension the party suspended him along with other senior leaders such as Lalan Singh for criticising the policy of chief minister [[Nitish Kumar]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/patna/jd-u-suspends-four-mps-for-anti-party-activities/story-ikTelkssZFt9eftC9zehWN.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126175235/https://www.hindustantimes.com/patna/jd-u-suspends-four-mps-for-anti-party-activities/story-ikTelkssZFt9eftC9zehWN.html |title=JD-U suspends four MPs for anti-party activities| website=Hindustan Times| accessdate=25 January 2021| archive-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> Mani has remained close to [[Nitish Kumar]] since the formation of [[Samata Party]] and was among the policy formulators of the party until he was ousted in 2011. After joining Rashtriya Janata Dal he was elevated to the position of vice president of the party in 2021 as a part of RJD's Luv-Kush response to those of JD (U)'s.<ref>{{cite web|title=तीर नीतीश का और निशाना राजद का:मणि, नीतीश के दोस्त रहे, लव-कुश राजनीति में भी फिट बैठते हैं, राजद ने इसलिए बनाया उपाध्यक्ष|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/news/new-rjd-vice-presidents-meeting-todaytejashwi-yadav-will-have-meeting-with-prem-kumar-mani-shyam-rajak-and-bhudev-chaudhary-128111923.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126173749/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/news/new-rjd-vice-presidents-meeting-todaytejashwi-yadav-will-have-meeting-with-prem-kumar-mani-shyam-rajak-and-bhudev-chaudhary-128111923.html|archive-date=26 January 2021|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi|accessdate=25 January 2021}}</ref>

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