Mangani Lal Mandal

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Mangani Lal Mandal
State president of Rashtriya Janata Dal of Bihar
Assumed office
19 June 2025
Preceded byJagada Nand Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2009 — 2014
Preceded byDevendra Prasad Yadav
Succeeded byBirendra Kumar Chaudhary
ConstituencyJhanjharpur
Personal details
Born1 July 1948 (1948-07) (age 78)
Madhubani district, Bihar, India
Political partyRashtriya Janata Dal
EducationRamkrishna College, Madhubani
OccupationPolitician

Mangani Lal Mandal (born 1 July 1948) is an Indian politician and a former Member of the Parliament of India. A veteran socialist leader from the Extremely Backward Class (EBC) community in Bihar, he has represented the Jhanjharpur constituency in the Lok Sabha, served in the Rajya Sabha, and was a longtime member of the Bihar Legislative Council. In June 2025, he was appointed State President of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar.

Early life and background[edit | edit source]

Mandal was born on 1 July 1948 in a manual labour family in the Madhubani district of Bihar. He entered politics during his student years in the 1960s, serving as the General Secretary of the Students' Union at Ramkrishna College, Madhubani, in 1966. He was actively associated with socialist leaders including Karpoori Thakur and participated in the JP Movement and protests against the Emergency, during which he was detained under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA).[1][2]

Political career[edit | edit source]

State legislature and ministry[edit | edit source]

Mandal served as a member of the Bihar Legislative Council for three consecutive terms spanning 1986 to 2004. During his tenure in state politics, he held ministerial portfolios in the Government of Bihar under the RJD-led administration.

Parliament of India[edit | edit source]

In 2004, Mandal was elected to the Rajya Sabha representing Bihar, serving until 2009.[3]

In the 2009 Indian general election, he contested and won the Jhanjharpur seat to the 15th Lok Sabha as a candidate of the Janata Dal (United).[4]

Organizational roles and party shifts[edit | edit source]

Ahead of the 2019 Indian general election, Mandal resigned from the Rashtriya Janata Dal and joined the Janata Dal (United), where he later served as a National Vice-President.[5]

In January 2025, Mandal returned to the Rashtriya Janata Dal. On 19 June 2025, he was elected unopposed as the Bihar State President of the RJD, succeeding senior leader Jagada nand Singh, becoming the first leader from the Extremely Backward Class (EBC) community to head the party's state unit.[6][7][8][9]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Bihar: कौन हैं मंगनीलाल मंडल? CM नीतीश के करीबी रहे नेता को लालू ने बनाया RJD का प्रदेश अध्यक्ष, पढ़ें सियासी सफर - Mangani Lal Mandal Former Ministers Political Journey and RJD Role". Jagran (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  2. ↑ "Who is Mangni Lal Mandal: कौन हैं मंगनी लाल मंडल, क्या प्रदेश अध्यक्ष बनकर तेजस्वी यादव की सरकार बनवा पाएंगे?". Zee-Bihar-Jharkhand (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  3. ↑ Official profile Archived 7 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine Government of India website.
  4. ↑ "मंगनीलाल मंडल कौन हैं, मजदूर के बेटे को लालू यादव ने क्यों सौंपी RJD में जगदानंद सिंह की कुर्सी?". Navbharat Times (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  5. ↑ "Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Denied tickets, senior RJD leaders head for NDA". Hindustan Times. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Yadav, Neha (14 June 2025). "Mangani Lal Mandal: कौन हैं मंगनी लाल मंडल? जो होंगे आरजेडी के नए प्रदेश अध्यक्ष, लालू ने की EBC वोटबैंक को साधने की कोशिश | Mangani Lal Mandal: Who is Mangani Lal Mandal? Who will be the new state president of RJD, Lalu tried to woo EBC vote bank". npg.news (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  7. ↑ Tewary, Amarnath (14 June 2025). "Mangani Lal Mandal poised to take charge as Bihar RJD chief". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  8. ↑ "Key EBC face set to take over as new Bihar RJD chief: Who is Mangani Lal Mandal?". The Indian Express. 14 June 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  9. ↑ "RJD appoints Mandal as state president to bolster EBC reach". The Times of India. 15 June 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2 September 2026.

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