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[[Image:LaluPrasadMemberofLokSabha.jpg|thumb|Laloo Yadav]]

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[[Alismataceae]]<br/>

[[Aponogetonaceae]]<br/>

[[Araceae]]<br/>

[[Butomaceae]]<br/>

[[Cymodoceaceae]]<br/>

[[Hydrocharitaceae]]<br/>

[[Juncaginaceae]]<br/>

[[Limnocharitaceae]]<br/>

[[Posidoniaceae]]<br/>

[[Potamogetonaceae]]<br/>

[[Ruppiaceae]]<br/>

[[Scheuchzeriaceae]]<br/>

[[Tofieldiaceae]]<br/>

[[Zosteraceae]]

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The order '''Alismatales''' contains the alismatids, a group of [[monocotyledon]]s (class [[Liliopsida]]). The order contains about 165 genera in 14 families, with cosmopolitic distribution. Most families are comprised of [[herb]]aceous non-[[succulent]] plants. These plants are commonly found in aquatic environmments. The [[flower]]s are usually arranged in [[inflorescence]]s, and the mature seeds lack [[endosperm]].

'''Laloo Prasad Yadav''' (officially spelt '''Lalu Prasad Yadav''') (born [[1947-06-11]]) is the chief of the [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] political party of [[India]]. He is also a former [[Chief Minister]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Bihar (India)|Bihar]], and is the husband of Bihar's recent Chief Minister, [[Rabri Devi]]. In [[2004]], he was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] with his party emerging as a key ally of the Congress. As of [[2005]], he is the Minister for Railways in the [[Manmohan Singh]] government. He also receives criticism from wide sections of the media and the opposition parties for not improving the law and order situation in Bihar. He is one of the most parodied politicians from India. Most of the parodies mimic his rustic dialect (of Hindi).

Traditionally, the order Alismatales was restricted to contain just three families (Alismataceae, Butomaceae and Limnocharitaceae). The other families were not considered as alismatids, and were assigned to various distinct orders, but this approach produced [[polyphyletic]] groups, and so the whole group of families is now placed into a single order.

He was born to Late Shri Kundan Rai at Phulwaria, Distt. Gopalganj (Bihar). He married [[Rabri Devi]] in [[1973]] and has two sons and seven daughters. He is an arts graduate.

The [[Petrosaviaceae]] have been placed in this order, but their actual affinity is not so clear. The alismatids have been considered the sister group of the [[Arales]] and the latter are now included here. As a result of this merger, the Araceae became the most important family in the order, accounting alone for over 2000 species in about 100 genera. The rest of families contain together just about 500 species.

==Positions Held==

== See also ==

* [[1977]] Elected to 6th Lok Sabha

*[[Seagrass]]

== References ==

* [[1980]]-[[1989]] Member, Legislative Assembly (two terms) of Bihar.

* [[Barthélemy Charles Joseph du Mortier|B. C. J. du Mortier]] (1829). ''Analyse des Familles de Plantes : avec l'indication des principaux genres qui s'y rattachent'', 54. Imprimerie de J. Casterman, Tournay.

* W. S. Judd, C. S. Campbell, E. A. Kellogg, P. F. Stevens, M. J. Donoghue (2002). ''Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach, 2nd edition.'' pp. 242-247 (Alismatales). Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusets. ISBN 0878934030.

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* 1989 Leader of Opposition, Bihar Legislative Assembly, Chairman, Pustakalaya Committee, Convenor, Committee on Public Undertakings, Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

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* [[1990]]-[[1995]] Member, Bihar Legislative Council

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* [[1990]]-[[1997]] Chief Minister, Bihar

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* [[1995]]-[[1998]] Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly

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* [[1998]] Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

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* [[1998]]-[[1999]] Member, General Purposes Committee, Committee on Home Affairs and its Sub-Committee on Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

* [[2004]] Re-elected to the 13th Lok Sabha (4th term).Appointed as Cabinet Minister looking after the Ministry of Railways.

Laloo Prasad Yadav, one of India's most famous politicians, is a '''formidable''' force in Indian state of [[Bihar]], which his [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] has governed for the past 15 years. It was Laloo Yadav who arrested [[L K Advani]] during the rath yatra in 1990 at [[Samastipur]]

His problems however began in [[1996]] when the police unearthed a big corruption scandal in which he and the state's leading bureaucrats and politicians were involved.

Although he is a figure whose appeal is based on the mass mobilisation of the lower caste Hindu votes, and regarded as the champion of social justice by some and as crook with backing of criminal elements in India. The fodder scam forced him to resign as chief minister and he made his uneducated wife, [[Rabri Devi]], became his successor. Laloo and his wife claim that huge wealth they have stolen by taking bribes comes from milk business and dowery that he received from marriage, which it self is illegal in India.

He formed the [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] in 1997, after breaking away from the Janata Dal.

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| width="30%" align="center"|'''Preceded by''':<br/>

[[Baba Jagannath Mishra]]

| width="40%" align="center"|[[Chief Minister of Bihar|Chief Ministers of Bihar]]

| width="30%" align="center"|'''Succeeded by''':<br/>

[[Maharani Rabri Devi]]

|}

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==External links==

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*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3514292.stm Profile of Laloo on] [[BBC]] as of March [[2004]].

*[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/FI29Df02.html Interview with Laloo] on [[Asia Times]] from September [[2004]]

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