Devesh Chandra Thakur

He completed his early education at St. Xavier's School, Hazaribagh. Then he went to study at Sainik School in Nashik, subsequently did his B.A. Honours at Fergusson College in Pune, and later obtained a Bachelor of Law degree from ILS Law College, Pune. He contested his first election for the Student Union of Savitribai Phule Pune University and was elected vice president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress, where he worked closely with the late former chief minister of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushilkumar Shinde. Later, he joined a shipping company as a director, traveling to nearly 25 countries in the course of his career.{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/news/know-the-new-chairman-of-the-legislative-council-devesh-chandra-thakur-130225793.html|title=विधान परिषद के होने वाले नए सभापति को जानिए ==Political career==

He started his political career by contesting the 1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election from the Bathnaha Assembly constituency, Sitamarhi as a candidate from the Indian National Congress but he lost to the veteran leader Suryadeo Ray and stood third place. In 2008, Thakur contested and won the Bihar Legislative Council elections from the Tirhut Graduate seat, retaining his position until 2020. He is considered an "Ajatshatru" of Tirhut politics due to his unbroken winning streak. Subsequently, he also became a cabinet minister in the Disaster Management Department of the Government of Bihar. In 2024 Indian general election, he contested election from Sitamarhi Lok Sabha and won by defeating the RJD candidate Arjun Roy by a margin of 51,356 votes. Thakur subsequently announced that "he won't work for Muslims and Yadavs" because they didn't vote for him. Misa Bharti criticised this statement of Thakur. BJP MP Giriraj Singh supported the statement of Thakur. Later, Thakur retracted his statement. == References ==