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{{Short description|Former cabinet minister in Government of Bihar}}
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| name =Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma
| image = File:Krishnanand Prasad Verma with Upendra Kushwaha.jpg
| caption = Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma (right) with [[Upendra Kushwaha]] at Patna University centenary celebration.
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| constituency1 = [[Makhdumpur Assembly constituency]]
|constituency2=[[Ghosi, Bihar Assembly constituency|Ghosi Assembly constituency]]
| office1 = Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] <br />
| office2 = Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
|office3=Minister for Education, [[Government of Bihar]].
| term_start1 = 2005
| term_end1 = 2010
| term_start2 = 2015
| term_end2 = 2020
|term_start3 = 2015
| term_end3 =2020
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| party = [[Janata Dal (United)]][[File:Janata Dal (United) Flag.svg|20px]]
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| parents = Sukhdev Prasad Verma (father)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=730|title=KRISHNA NANDAN PRASAD VERMA|website=Myneta.info|accessdate=13 July 2023|archive-date=29 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329121339/https://www.myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=730|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| nationality = Indian
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}}'''Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma''' is an Indian politician, who was elected to [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] from Ghosi Assembly constituency in 2015 Bihar Assembly elections. Verma is a member of [[Janata Dal (United)]] and has served as Minister for Education in Nitish Kumar's cabinet. He was also given charge of Social Justice ministry, after resignation of [[Manju Verma]] from this position, who resigned after being implicated in [[Muzaffarpur shelter case|Muzaffarpur Shelter case]]. Verma has represented [[Makhdumpur Assembly constituency|Mukhdumpur Assembly constituency]] as well. He lost to [[Suday Yadav]] of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] in 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, in a triangular contest involving Indu Devi Kashyap, a defector from [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] as third important candidate from this constituency, apart from himself and Yadav.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/aug/09/education-minister-krishnandan-varma-gets-social-welfare-charge-after-manju-vermas-resignation-1855552.html|title=Education minister Krishnandan Varma gets social welfare charge after Manju Verma's resignation|website=new indian express|accessdate=13 July 2023|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109025033/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/aug/09/education-minister-krishnandan-varma-gets-social-welfare-charge-after-manju-vermas-resignation-1855552.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/bihar/jehanabad-bihar-election-news-jehanabad-seat-krishnanandan-prasad-verma-lost-to-rjd-suday-yadav-stronghold-bihar-election-2020-cgnt-3325744.html|title=Bihar Election News: नीतीश के मंत्री कृष्णनंदन प्रसाद वर्मा हारे, RJD के सुदय यादव ने 34 हजार वोटों से हराया|website=News18|accessdate=13 July 2023|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130014849/https://hindi.news18.com/news/bihar/jehanabad-bihar-election-news-jehanabad-seat-krishnanandan-prasad-verma-lost-to-rjd-suday-yadav-stronghold-bihar-election-2020-cgnt-3325744.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jansatta.com/rajya/bihar-election-jehanabad-people-leased-out-at-education-minister-krishna-nandan-verma-over-constituency-change/1539348/|title=Bihar Election: आप तो घोसी से विधायक थे, ऐसा कौन सा काम किया कि यहां भेज दिया, सीट बदलने पर जहानाबाद में शिक्षा मंत्री को को लोगों ने सुनाई खरी-खरी|website=Jansatta|accessdate=13 July 2023|archive-date=13 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713201657/https://www.jansatta.com/rajya/bihar-election-jehanabad-people-leased-out-at-education-minister-krishna-nandan-verma-over-constituency-change/1539348/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-india-bihar-education-minister-krishnandan-prasad-vermas-aide-charged-for-hosting-feast-2214645|title=Bihar Education Minister's Aide Charged For Hosting Feast Amid Lockdown|website=NDTV|accessdate=13 July 2023|archive-date=30 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430152924/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-india-bihar-education-minister-krishnandan-prasad-vermas-aide-charged-for-hosting-feast-2214645|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Political career==
Verma became a member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] for his first term in 2005. He was elected from Makhdumpur Assembly constituency. In 2015, he was again elected, this time from Ghosi Assembly constituency. Following this victory, he was made a minister in [[Fifth Nitish Kumar ministry|Fifth]] and [[Sixth Nitish Kumar ministry|Sixth Nitish Kumar cabinet]] and was assigned education ministry. As a minister, he worked for education reforms and later, when he was assigned Social Welfare ministry, as a replacement to Manju Verma, he worked for social welfare as well. In 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, Janata Dal United made him a candidate from Jahanabad Assembly constituency. He lost to [[Suday Yadav]], with a large share of votes also polling in favour of Indu Devi Kashyap, a defector of Bhartiya Janata Party, who contested as a candidate of [[Lok Janshakti Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/assembly-election-2020/bihar-chunav/krishannandan-prasad-verma-s04a216c03-janata-dal-united-profile/|title=Bihar Candidate Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma|website=News18|accessdate=13 July 2023|archive-date=17 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217095048/https://hindi.news18.com/assembly-election-2020/bihar-chunav/krishannandan-prasad-verma-s04a216c03-janata-dal-united-profile/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.abplive.com/india-news/muzaffarpur-case-krishna-nandan-prasad-verma-gets-additional-charge-of-social-welfare-department-740337|title=Muzaffarpur case: Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma gets additional charge of social welfare department|website=Abplive|accessdate=13 July 2023|archive-date=13 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713201655/https://news.abplive.com/india-news/muzaffarpur-case-krishna-nandan-prasad-verma-gets-additional-charge-of-social-welfare-department-740337|url-status=live}}</ref>

The reshuffle which occurred by assigning him Social Welfare ministry after Manju Verma was seen by many political observers of Bihar as effort to placate [[Kushwaha]] caste, after resignation of Manju Verma, as both he and Manju belonged to this caste.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/education-minister-krishnandan-varma-gets-social-welfare-charge-after-manju-verma-s-resignation-118080901149_1.html|title=Education minister Krishnandan Varma gets social welfare charge after Manju Verma's resignation|website=Business Standard|accessdate=13 July 2023|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729083240/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/education-minister-krishnandan-varma-gets-social-welfare-charge-after-manju-verma-s-resignation-118080901149_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During his tenure as education minister, Verma worked for ensuring error free conduction of Bihar Board examination, which was prone to various mismanagements.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/patna/1162391|title=बिहार में पिछले वर्ष की तुलना में बेहतर रहेंगे मैट्रिक और इंटर के रिजल्ट : शिक्षा मंत्री|website=Prabhat khabar|accessdate=13 July 2023|archive-date=13 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713201656/https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/patna/1162391|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, Verma as education minister ordered inquiry against a government run school of Lalganj, which was alleged for segregating students in different sections on the basis of caste and religion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/patna/bihar-school-segregates-students-on-caste-lines-probe-ordered-5498941/|title=School segregating students on the basis of caste and religion ordered probe|website=Indian express|accessdate=13 July 2023|archive-date=19 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219125857/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/patna/bihar-school-segregates-students-on-caste-lines-probe-ordered-5498941/|url-status=live}}</ref>

However, in the end of his term in education ministry, the issue of contract teachers caused sentiment of anti-incumbency against the government. The contractual teachers sat on strike, demanding equal perks with those of permanent teachers, leaving more than fifty dead due to hunger strike. But Verma and the government failed to take action, in order to solve the issue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/governance/bihar-s-striking-contractual-teachers-left-to-fend-for-themselves-amid-lockdown-70685|title=Bihar's striking contractual teachers left to fend for themselves amid lockdown|website=Down To Earth|accessdate=13 July 2023|archive-date=5 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005161204/https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/governance/bihar-s-striking-contractual-teachers-left-to-fend-for-themselves-amid-lockdown-70685|url-status=live}}</ref> Though, in his tenure, vacancy for primary teachers were announced in an effort to create more jobs in public sector, the finalisation of this project couldn't be done until the end of his term as minister.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/wages-caste-and-family-pride-in-play-at-jehanabad/story-F7EnRBCd5NWRwevgcOiYAL.html|title=Wages, caste and family pride in play at Jehanabad|website=Hindustan Times|accessdate=13 July 2023|archive-date=31 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531052910/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/wages-caste-and-family-pride-in-play-at-jehanabad/story-F7EnRBCd5NWRwevgcOiYAL.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Ajit Kumar Mehta]]

==References==
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[[Category:Janata Dal (United) politicians]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Bihar]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2015–2020]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2005–2010]]

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