Devesh Chandra Thakur

Devesh Chandra Thakur was born on 3 July 1953 in Sitamarhi, Bihar. He is the Deputy leader of Janata Dal (United) in the Bihar Legislative Council. His party is the largest party in the Council with 29 members. His rank is equivalent to a cabinet minister under Government of Bihar. Devesh Chandra Thakur is fourth time elected Member of Bihar Legislative Council from the Tirhut Graduate Constituency covering four districts namely Sitamarhi, Muzaffarpur, Vaisali and Sheohar. He completed his early education in Sitamarhi. Then he went to study in Sainik School in Pune and subsequently to Fergusson College in Pune. He obtained Bachelor of Law degree from ILS Law College. In 2002, he contested the Legislative Council election from Tirhut Graduate Constituency as an independent candidate and won that election. In 2008, Thakur contested and won the Bihar Legislative Council elections from Tirhut Graduate seat again. He is considered an "Ajatshatru" of Tirhut politics because of his unending winning streak.