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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Beni Prasad Verma
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|2|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh|Barabanki]], [[United Provinces (1937-50)|United Provinces]], [[British India]]
| residence = Sirauli Gauspur, [[Barabanki district]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|3|27|1941|2|11|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| office =[[Rajya Sabha|Member Of Parliament<br/>Rajya Sabha]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/samajwadi-party-wins-7-rajya-sabha-seats-in-up-kapil-sibal-emerges-victorious-1418013 | title=Samajwadi Party Wins 7 Rajya Sabha Seats In UP, Kapil Sibal Emerges Victorious | date=12 June 2016 | publisher=NDTV | author=Press Trust of India | access-date=12 December 2018 }}</ref>
| term_start = 5 July 2016
| term_end = 27 March 2020
|constituency = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|predecessor = Jugul Kishore
| successor = [[Jai Prakash Nishad (Gorakhpur)|Jai Prakash Nishad]]
| office1 = [[Ministry of Steel (India)|Minister of Steel]]
| term1 = 19 January 2011 – 26 May 2014
| predecessor1 = [[Virbhadra Singh]]
| successor1 =[[Narendra Singh Tomar]]
| office2 = [[Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament <br> Lok Sabha]]
| term2 = 2009 – 2014
| constituency2 = [[Gonda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gonda]]
| predecessor2 = [[Kirti Vardhan Singh]]
| successor2 = [[Kirti Vardhan Singh]]
| office3 = [[Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament <br> Lok Sabha]]
| term3 = 1996 – 2009
| constituency3 = [[Kaiserganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kaiserganj]]
| predecessor3 = Laxminarain Mani Tripathi
| successor3 = [[Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh]]
| party =[[Samajwadi Party]]
| spouse = Malti Devi
| children = 3 sons and 2 daughters
| grandsons= 2
| granddaughters=4
| website =
| footnotes =
| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=509
}}

'''Beni Prasad Verma''' (11 February 1941 – 27 March 2020) was an Indian politician and a member of the [[Samajwadi Party]]. Earlier he was with Samajwadi Party of [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]], then he joined [[Indian National Congress]] and was elected on its ticket to Lok Sabha in 2009. In 2016 he rejoined Samajwadi Party.

==Personal life==
Verma was born in [[Barabanki city|Barabanki]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<ref>[http://www.matpal.com/2012/03/-biography.html ]{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> into a [[Kurmi]] family.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-rMW03l_gx0C&pg=PA376 Christophe Jaffrelot]</ref>

==Political career==
Beni Prasad Verma was the steel Minister of the Indian Government. He was the Public Works Department minister for the State of Uttar Pradesh in India for several years.

He served as the Union Communications Minister in [[Deve Gowda]]'s cabinet from 1996–98.

He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999 and 2004 from [[Kaiserganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kaiserganj constituency]] seat. In 2009, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha from [[Gonda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gonda constituency]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]] state as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate and on July-12-2011 was appointed the Steel Minister in [[Manmohan Singh]] Government.

In 2016, he rejoined the Samajwadi Party.

==Educational institutes==
Beni Prasad Verma has established educational institutions [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Mahavidyalaya]] at Bardari near Badosarai and [[Mohanlal Verma Educational Institute]] in his home district of [[Barabanki city|Barabanki]].<ref>http://www.mlveibarabanki.org/</ref>

==Controversies==

In December 2009 during a debate session in [[Lok Sabha]], Beni Prasad had made controversial remarks for Former [[Indian Prime Minister|Prime Minister]] Mr. [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], he used "man of low stands" for Mr. Vajpayee.<ref>{{cite web|title=PM apologises for remark on Vajpayee |date=9 December 2009|publisher=[[Zee News]]|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/pm-apologises-for-remark-on-vajpayee_585899.html}}</ref> This created serious agitation among [[BJP]] leaders protested immediately by shouting, they stalled parliament and demanded an apology. Home Minister [[P Chidambaram]] apologized for the remark, but the BJP said it would boycott the Lok Sabha till Verma apologises, But Verma refused to apologise.<ref>{{cite web|title=BJP threatens to stall Parliament over 'insult' to Vajpayee|publisher=[[Rediff]]|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/bjp-threatens-to-stall-parliament-over-insult-to-vajpayee/20091208.htm}}</ref>

On the next day, the then prime minister had apologised in the parliament for the controversial remark against the former prime minister. He said, "A member of our ruling coalition said something that was inappropriate; with regard to Vajpayee those words were used. I on behalf of our government apologise that those words should not have been used."<ref>{{cite web|title=Prime Minister apologises for remarks against Vajpayee|publisher=[[NDTV]]|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/prime-minister-apologises-for-remarks-against-vajpayee-12799}}</ref>

In February 2012, during the [[Uttar Pradesh]] elections Verma dared [[Election Commission of India|EC]] to arrest him, saying quota for Muslims will be hiked.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beni Prasad Verma dares EC says quota for Muslims will be hiked (TOI) |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-16/india/31066161_1_muslim-reservation-salman-khurshid-beni-prasad-verma |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723095423/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-16/india/31066161_1_muslim-reservation-salman-khurshid-beni-prasad-verma |url-status=dead |work=[[The Times of India]] |archive-date=2012-07-23 }}</ref> Verma said this while addressing a rally at Kaimganj in the presence of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] general secretary [[Digvijay Singh (politician)|Digvijay Singh]] and Union [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|law]] and [[Ministry of Minority Affairs|minority affairs minister]] [[Salman Khurshid]].
Earlier, Khurshid created a controversy by stating that he would continue to speak on nine percent sub-quota for Muslims even if the Election Commission says it's against the guideline to promise such a thing during the elections.

On 19 August 2012 he made a remark in [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]], Uttar Pradesh that "With the increasing price levels, the farmers are benefitting. Dal, atta, vegetables have all become expensive. I am happy with this price rise. The more the prices rise the better it is for farmers," the minister said
.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beni Prasad Verma is 'happy' with rising prices, gets flak|publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Beni-Prasad-Verma-is-happy-with-rising-prices-gets-flak/Article1-916484.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820225133/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Beni-Prasad-Verma-is-happy-with-rising-prices-gets-flak/Article1-916484.aspx|archive-date=2012-08-20}}</ref>

On 15 October 2012, he made a controversial remark that "I believe [[Salman Khurshid]] could not have embezzled Rs 71 lakh. It is a very small amount for a central minister. I would have taken it seriously if the amount was Rs 71 crore." The Times of India said his statements are grossly ill-timed and ill-phrased.
<ref>{{cite news|title=Beni Prasad Verma says Rs 71 lakh too little for a central minister|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-16/india/34497565_1_beni-prasad-verma-corruption-issue-law-minister|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601023547/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-16/india/34497565_1_beni-prasad-verma-corruption-issue-law-minister|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-06-01}}</ref>

On 13 December 2012, he made a remark that "Do not hang [[Afzal Guru]] but give him life imprisonment".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/dont-hang-afzal-guru-beni-prasad-verma_816469.html|title=Don't hang Afzal Guru: Beni Prasad Verma|date=13 December 2012}}</ref>

In December 2013, when he asked about [[Kumar Vishwas]] standing against [[Rahul Gandhi]] in the election from Rahul Gandhi's home place [[Amethi]] he said, "what will he fight, how will he fight. He is nothing but a joker. There are so many jokers already, he can join them."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/beni-prasad-verma-calls-aap-s-kumar-vishwas-a-joker_896243.html|title = Beni Prasad Verma calls AAP's Kumar Vishwas a 'joker'|date = 12 December 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Who-is-Beni-Prasad-Verma/Article1-1029597.aspx | title=Who is Beni Prasad Verma? | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=20 March 2013 | access-date=21 March 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322192552/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Who-is-Beni-Prasad-Verma/Article1-1029597.aspx | archive-date=22 March 2013 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110514145641/http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=509 Detailed profile: Beni Prasad Verma] in India.gov.in website

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