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Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="રવિશંકર પ્રસાદ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6" title="रवि शंकर प्रसाद – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="रवि शंकर प्रसाद" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad" title="Ravi Shankar Prasad – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Ravi Shankar Prasad" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF_%E0%B2%B6%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E2%80%8C_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E2%80%8C" title="ರವಿ ಶಂಕರ್‌ ಪ್ರಸಾದ್‌ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ರವಿ ಶಂಕರ್‌ ಪ್ರಸಾದ್‌" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6" title="रवि शङ्कर प्रसाद – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="रवि शङ्कर प्रसाद" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BC_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D" title="രവിശങ്കർ പ്രസാദ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="രവിശങ്കർ പ്രസാദ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6" title="रवी शंकर प्रसाद – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="रवी शंकर प्रसाद" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A4%D9%89_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF" title="راڤى شانكار پراساد – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="راڤى شانكار پراساد" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B1_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF" title="روی شنکر پرساد – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="روی شنکر پرساد" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4,_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Прасад, Рави Шанкар – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Прасад, Рави Шанкар" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6" title="रवि शङ्कर प्रसाद – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="रवि शङ्कर प्रसाद" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad" title="Ravi Shankar Prasad – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Ravi Shankar Prasad" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad" title="Ravi Shankar Prasad – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ravi Shankar Prasad" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D" title="இரவி சங்கர் பிரசாத் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="இரவி சங்கர் பிரசாத்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">30 May 2019–7 July 2021</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Communications_(India)" title="Minister of Communications (India)">Minister of Communications</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">5 July 2016–7 July 2021</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Electronics_and_Information_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Electronics and Information Technology">Minister of Electronics and Information Technology</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">5 July 2016–7 July 2021</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Law_and_Justice" title="Minister of Law and Justice">Minister of Law and Justice</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">26 May 2014–9 November 2014</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Law_and_Justice" title="Minister of Law and Justice">Minister of Law and Justice</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">26 May 2014–5 July 2016</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_and_Information_Technology_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)">Minister of Communications and Information Technology</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link 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style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">1 July 2002–29 January 2003</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Law_and_Justice" title="Minister of Law and Justice">Minister of state in the Ministry of Law and Justice</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">1 September 2001–1 July 2002</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Coal" title="Ministry of Coal">Minister of state in the Ministry of Coal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Mines_(India)" title="Ministry of Mines (India)">Mines</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Sinha">Shatrughan Sinha</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Patna_Sahib_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)">Patna Sahib</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Rajya_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha">Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />3 April 2000 – 30 May 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ram_Vilas_Paswan" title="Ram Vilas Paswan">Ram Vilas Paswan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1954-08-30</span>) </span>30 August 1954<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 70)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Patna" title="Patna">Patna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Maya Shankar</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Patna_University" title="Patna University">Patna University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a>, <a href="/wiki/LLB" class="mw-redirect" title="LLB">LLB</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">Lawyer</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ravi Shankar Prasad</b> (born 30 August 1954) is an <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_India" title="Politics of India">Indian politician</a> and lawyer, from the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Member of <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament</a> since 2000, first in the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Rajya_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> (2000–2019) and then in the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> (since 2019), Prasad has served as <a href="/wiki/Union_Council_of_Ministers" title="Union Council of Ministers">Union Minister</a> multiple times: As Minister of State, he served in the ministries of <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Coal" title="Ministry of Coal">Coal</a> (2001–2003), <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Law_and_Justice_(India)" title="Ministry of Law and Justice (India)">Law and Justice</a> (2002–2003), and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Information and Broadcasting</a> (2003–2004) under <a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee's premiership</a>; as Cabinet Minister, he held the Law and Justice (2014, 2016–2021), <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_(India)" title="Ministry of Communications (India)">Communications</a> (2014–2016, 2019–2021), and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Electronics_and_Information_Technology" title="Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology">Electronics and Information Technology</a> (2014–2021) portfolios under <a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Narendra_Modi" title="Premiership of Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi's premiership</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His term as Union Minister was marked with the repeal of 1500 archaic laws, handling of <a href="/wiki/Rafale_deal_controversy" title="Rafale deal controversy">litigation over the purchase of Rafale fighter planes</a>, and digitization of 15000 <a href="/wiki/Trial_court" title="Trial court">trial courts</a>. On the other hand, his tenure also saw controversy over the proposed <a href="/wiki/National_Judicial_Appointments_Commission" title="National Judicial Appointments Commission">National Judicial Appointments Commission</a>, constant friction between <a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_India" title="Judiciary of India">the judiciary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">the executive</a>, and rows with social media platforms <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> over local rules.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ravi_Shankar_Prasad&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was born in a religious <a href="/wiki/Chitraguptavanshi_Kayastha" title="Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha">Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha</a> family in <a href="/wiki/Patna" title="Patna">Patna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kayastha_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kayastha-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father <a href="/wiki/Thakur_Prasad" title="Thakur Prasad">Thakur Prasad</a> was a senior advocate at the <a href="/wiki/Patna_High_Court" title="Patna High Court">Patna High Court</a> and one of the leading founders of the <a href="/wiki/Jan_Sangh" class="mw-redirect" title="Jan Sangh">Jan Sangh</a>, the predecessor of the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-First_Post_-_appointment_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-First_Post_-_appointment-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His sister Anuradha Prasad is the owner of BAG Films and Media Ltd, and the wife of <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Congress</a> politician <a href="/wiki/Rajeev_Shukla" title="Rajeev Shukla">Rajeev Shukla</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prasad earned <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA Hons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a> (<a href="/wiki/Political_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="Political Science">Political Science</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">LL.B</a> degrees from <a href="/wiki/Patna_University" title="Patna University">Patna University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-First_Post_-_appointment_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-First_Post_-_appointment-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Akhil_Bharatiya_Vidyarthi_Parishad" title="Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad">Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad</a> in 1969. Prasad participated in the student movement in Bihar led by <a href="/wiki/Jayaprakash_Narayan" title="Jayaprakash Narayan">Jayaprakash Narayan</a>, and was imprisoned during <a href="/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)" title="The Emergency (India)">the Emergency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_career">Law career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ravi_Shankar_Prasad&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Law career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prasad has been practising at the Patna High Court (HC) since 1980. He was designated Senior Advocate at the Patna HC in 1999 and Senior Advocate at the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court of India</a> in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TNIE_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNIE-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was General Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Union_for_Civil_Liberties" title="People's Union for Civil Liberties">People's Union for Civil Liberties</a> in Bihar.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prasad appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Ram_Janmabhoomi" title="Ram Janmabhoomi">Ram Janmabhoomi</a> <a href="/wiki/Ayodhya_dispute" title="Ayodhya dispute">Ayodhya dispute</a> representing the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Mahasabha" title="Hindu Mahasabha">Hindu Mahasabha</a> in the case.<sup id="cite_ref-v041_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-v041-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He defended <a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">Lal Krishna Advani</a> in court when the latter was arrested in Bihar during <a href="/wiki/Ram_Rath_Yatra" title="Ram Rath Yatra">his Rath Yatra in 1990</a>. He was also the main lawyer arguing the <a href="/wiki/Public_interest_litigation_in_India" title="Public interest litigation in India">PIL</a> against former <a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Bihar" title="List of chief ministers of Bihar">Bihar Chief Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Fodder_Scam" title="Fodder Scam">fodder scam</a> that led to the jailing of several politicians and officials, including Lalu Yadav.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ravi_Shankar_Prasad&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prasad began his political career as a student leader under the leadership of Jayaprakash Narayan in the 1970s, organising protests against <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a>'s government.<sup id="cite_ref-First_Post_-_appointment_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-First_Post_-_appointment-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Entry_into_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party">Entry into the Bharatiya Janata Party</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ravi_Shankar_Prasad&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Entry into the Bharatiya Janata Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A loyalist of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the beginning of his political career, Prasad was National Vice President of the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Yuva_Morcha" title="Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha">Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha</a>, the youth wing of the BJP, from 1991 to 1995. He became a Member of the BJP's National Executive Committee in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000-2004:_Entry_into_Rajya_Sabha_and_first_ministerial_roles">2000-2004: Entry into Rajya Sabha and first ministerial roles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ravi_Shankar_Prasad&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2000-2004: Entry into Rajya Sabha and first ministerial roles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2000, Prasad was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">upper house</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Indian Parliament</a> for the first time. Under <a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee's premiership</a>, Prasad served as <a href="/wiki/Union_Council_of_Ministers" title="Union Council of Ministers">Minister of State</a> in the ministries of <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Coal" title="Ministry of Coal">Coal</a> (2001–2003), where he was responsible for accelerating the coal and mining reforms; <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Law_and_Justice_(India)" title="Ministry of Law and Justice (India)">Law and Justice</a> (2002–2003); and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Information and Broadcasting</a> (2003–2004). As Minister of Information and Broadcasting, he introduced reforms in the radio, television and animation sectors which improved their quality and functioning.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-First_Post_-_appointment_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-First_Post_-_appointment-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opposition_years">Opposition years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ravi_Shankar_Prasad&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Opposition years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prasad was appointed as a national spokesperson of the BJP in March 2006, and was later elevated to the post of its Chief National Spokesperson in 2007. In 2010, he became the party's general secretary.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-First_Post_-_appointment_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-First_Post_-_appointment-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prasad was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha for a second term in April 2006 and for a third in April 2012. As an <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Rajya_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha">MP</a>, he was part of various <a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_parliamentary_committees" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Indian parliamentary committees">parliamentary committees</a>, including a <a href="/wiki/Joint_parliamentary_committee" title="Joint parliamentary committee">joint parliamentary committee</a> to examine matters relating to <a href="/wiki/2G_spectrum_case" title="2G spectrum case">2G spectrum case</a> from 2011 to 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Under_Narendra_Modi's_premiership"><span id="Under_Narendra_Modi.27s_premiership"></span>Under Narendra Modi's premiership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ravi_Shankar_Prasad&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Under Narendra Modi's premiership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Law_and_Justice,_in_New_Delhi_on_May_27,_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Law_and_Justice%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_27%2C_2014.jpg/220px-Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Law_and_Justice%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_27%2C_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Law_and_Justice%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_27%2C_2014.jpg/330px-Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Law_and_Justice%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_27%2C_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Law_and_Justice%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_27%2C_2014.jpg/440px-Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Law_and_Justice%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_27%2C_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1952" /></a><figcaption>Ravi Shankar Prasad taking charge as the Union Minister for Law and Justice, in New Delhi on May 27, 2014.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_of_Law_%26_Justice,_in_New_Delhi_on_June_03,_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_of_Law_%26_Justice%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_03%2C_2019.jpg/220px-Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_of_Law_%26_Justice%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_03%2C_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_of_Law_%26_Justice%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_03%2C_2019.jpg/330px-Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_of_Law_%26_Justice%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_03%2C_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_of_Law_%26_Justice%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_03%2C_2019.jpg/440px-Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_of_Law_%26_Justice%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_03%2C_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1598" /></a><figcaption>Ravi Shankar Prasad taking charge as the Union Minister for Law and Justice, in New Delhi on June 03, 2019.</figcaption></figure><p>With the BJP-led <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</a>'s victory in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014 general election</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prasad rose to become part of the <a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Narendra Modi Cabinet</a>. He was appointed as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Law_and_Justice" title="Minister of Law and Justice">Minister of Law and Justice</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_and_Information_Technology_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)">Minister for Communications and Information Technology</a> on 27 May 2014. He would go on to serve three terms as Law Minister: 27 May to 9 November 2014; 5 July 2016 to 25 May 2019; and 30 May 2019 to 7 July 2021; a tenure of more than 5 years that was second only to that of <a href="/wiki/Ashoke_Kumar_Sen" title="Ashoke Kumar Sen">Ashoke Sen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prasad was Minister of Communications and IT till the ministry's bifurcation on 5 July 2016 into a <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_(India)" title="Ministry of Communications (India)">Ministry of Communications</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Electronics_and_Information_Technology" title="Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology">Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology</a>, following which he took charge of the latter. He was on the job till 25 May 2019, and again from 30 May 2019 to 7 July 2021. During the latter period, he also held the Communications portfolio.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="NJAC_and_Judiciary-Executive_faceoffs">NJAC and Judiciary-Executive faceoffs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ravi_Shankar_Prasad&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: NJAC and Judiciary-Executive faceoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of Prasad's first acts after becoming Law Minister in 2014 was introducing legislation for the <a href="/wiki/National_Judicial_Appointments_Commission" title="National Judicial Appointments Commission">National Judicial Appointments Commission</a>, which sought to reform the collegium system by which judges select candidates to be appointed as new judges. The collegium system had been criticised as opaque. The law was unanimously passed in Parliament and ratified by more than 20 states. However, in 2015, the Supreme Court of India struck it down, arguing that the Law Minister's presence in the Appointments Commission would cripple judicial independence.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following year, the Law Ministry stalled many judges' appointments by objecting to various names recommended by the Supreme Court collegium. Prasad defended <a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">the executive</a> in this faceoff with <a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_India" title="Judiciary of India">the judiciary</a> by rolling out statistics showing an increased number of judges being appointed in the year 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Triple_talaq_law">Triple <i>talaq</i> law</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ravi_Shankar_Prasad&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Triple talaq law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 22 August 2017, the Supreme Court ruled the <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslim</a> practice of instant divorce by uttering the word "<i>talaq</i>" thrice, called <a href="/wiki/Triple_talaq_in_India" title="Triple talaq in India"><i>talaq-e-biddat</i> or triple <i>talaq</i></a>, as "arbitrary and unconstitutional", violating women's <a href="/wiki/Fundamental_rights_in_India" title="Fundamental rights in India">right to equality</a>, and not integral to <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this landmark verdict, the NDA government tabled <a href="/wiki/Muslim_Women_(Protection_of_Rights_on_Marriage)_Act,_2019" title="Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019">The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> in December 2017, seeking to introduce a 3-year jail term for offenders. The opposition criticised the bill for attempting to criminalise a civil wrong, with Law Minister Prasad countering the charges. While the original bill lapsed due to lack of support in the Rajya Sabha, it was passed by both Houses of Parliament on reintroduction in 2019, becoming an Act after receiving <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">Presidential assent</a> on 1 August 2019. The passage of the bill despite the ruling NDA not having a majority in the Rajya Sabha was seen as a victory for Prasad and the government.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Digital_India">Digital India</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ravi_Shankar_Prasad&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Digital India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Minister_for_Electronics_%26_Information_Technology_and_Law_%26_Justice,_Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_addressing_at_the_inauguration_of_the_National_Conference_on_Emerging_Opportunities_through_CSC,_in_New_Delhi_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/The_Union_Minister_for_Electronics_%26_Information_Technology_and_Law_%26_Justice%2C_Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_addressing_at_the_inauguration_of_the_National_Conference_on_Emerging_Opportunities_through_CSC%2C_in_New_Delhi_%281%29.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/The_Union_Minister_for_Electronics_%26_Information_Technology_and_Law_%26_Justice%2C_Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_addressing_at_the_inauguration_of_the_National_Conference_on_Emerging_Opportunities_through_CSC%2C_in_New_Delhi_%281%29.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/The_Union_Minister_for_Electronics_%26_Information_Technology_and_Law_%26_Justice%2C_Shri_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_addressing_at_the_inauguration_of_the_National_Conference_on_Emerging_Opportunities_through_CSC%2C_in_New_Delhi_%281%29.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="725" /></a><figcaption>Ravi Shankar Prasad addressing at the inauguration of the National Conference on Emerging Opportunities through CSC</figcaption></figure> <p>As Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Prasad spearheaded the NDA government's flagship <a href="/wiki/Digital_India" title="Digital India">Digital India</a> programme.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prasad himself has highlighted the common service centre scheme under Digital India, providing digital delivery of services and creating employment, as the biggest achievement of the government in the digital technology sector. He has also pointed out the establishment of <a href="/wiki/Outsourcing" title="Outsourcing">business processing and outsourcing units</a> (BPOs) in far-flung areas and the growth of <a href="/wiki/Electronics_and_semiconductor_manufacturing_industry_in_India" title="Electronics and semiconductor manufacturing industry in India">electronic manufacturing units in India</a> as successful government efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Non-governmental_organization" title="Non-governmental organization">NGO</a> Apolitical adjudged him as one of the top twenty leaders in the list of 100 most influential people in Digital Government in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, Prasad was placed among the top twenty influential world leaders in digital technology and e-government, with his role in the <a href="/wiki/Digital_India" title="Digital India">Digital India</a> programme and support for <a href="/wiki/Net_neutrality_in_India" title="Net neutrality in India">net neutrality</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Start-up_India_Initiatives">Start-up India Initiatives</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ravi_Shankar_Prasad&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Start-up India Initiatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prasad took the lead in advancing India's startup ecosystem and pioneered the organization of groundbreaking townhall meetings. These meetings provided a platform for assessing the distinctive requirements of the startup community, and Prasad played a pivotal role in shaping government policies and initiatives designed to bolster the support for startups in the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Comments_on_Indian_economy">Comments on Indian economy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ravi_Shankar_Prasad&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Comments on Indian economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2019, Prasad tried to defend the condition of the <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_India" title="Economy of India">Indian economy</a> by commenting that "<a href="/wiki/Gandhi_Jayanti" title="Gandhi Jayanti">the holiday of October 2</a> saw earning[s] of over <a href="/wiki/Indian_rupee" title="Indian rupee">Rs</a> 120 <a href="/wiki/Crore" title="Crore">crore</a> by three movies – <i><a href="/wiki/War_(2019_film)" title="War (2019 film)">War</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Joker_(2019_film)" title="Joker (2019 film)">Joker</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Sye_Raa_Narasimha_Reddy" title="Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy">Sye Raa</a></i>", indicating that "[t]he economy is sound". He also claimed that an <a href="/wiki/National_Sample_Survey_Office_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Sample Survey Office (India)">NSSO</a> report on unemployment was false. The comment came on the back of industrial output figures released by the government showing how factory output had shrunk by 1.1% in August, recording the poorest performance in seven years. The <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a> had also pointed out the country's widening <a href="/wiki/Current_account_(balance_of_payments)" title="Current account (balance of payments)">current account deficit</a> and predicted a further slowdown in <a href="/wiki/Economic_growth" title="Economic growth">economic growth</a>. After coming under sharp criticism from the opposition Congress and <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPIM</a>, Prasad withdrew the comment, stating it had been taken out of context.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Clashes_with_'Big_Tech'"><span id="Clashes_with_.27Big_Tech.27"></span>Clashes with 'Big Tech'</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ravi_Shankar_Prasad&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Clashes with 'Big Tech'"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prasad has openly supported the cause of <a href="/wiki/Net_neutrality_in_India" title="Net neutrality in India">net neutrality</a>, insisting that internet access "is not negotiable" and “walled gardens cannot be allowed”. As Minister for Communications and IT, Prasad had denied Facebook permission for its <a href="/wiki/Internet.org" title="Internet.org">Free Basics</a> platform in India in 2016, saying it provided access to only a host of websites and services, while excluding the broader internet from its purview.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 25 February, the <a href="/wiki/Information_Technology_Rules,_2021" title="Information Technology Rules, 2021">Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021</a> were notified,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> seeking to regulate <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a> intermediaries and to tackle misuse of social media. However, Prasad and his Ministry were soon drawn into a bitter spat with <a href="/wiki/Big_Tech" title="Big Tech">Big Tech</a> companies, especially <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>, over the implementation of these local laws. The tussle escalated as the government removed Twitter's legal protection in India as an "intermediary" on June 16 over its failure to comply with the new IT rules,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Twitter temporarily locked Prasad's official handle on its platform due to a copyright violation.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Lok Sabha 2024 Ravi Shankar Prasad has won in Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency. He has defeated Dr. Anshul Avijit by about 1.5 lakh votes.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ravi_Shankar_Prasad&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 3 February 1982, Prasad married Maya Shankar, who is a Historian and Professor of History at Patna University.<sup id="cite_ref-TNIE_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNIE-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sister_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sister-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div 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K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a> (1986–91, 1993–98, 2004–06)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murli_Manohar_Joshi" title="Murli Manohar Joshi">Murli Manohar Joshi</a> (1991–93)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushabhau_Thakre" title="Kushabhau Thakre">Kushabhau Thakre</a> (1998–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangaru_Laxman" title="Bangaru Laxman">Bangaru Laxman</a> (2000–01)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jana_Krishnamurthi" title="Jana Krishnamurthi">Jana Krishnamurthi</a> (2001–02)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venkaiah_Naidu" title="Venkaiah Naidu">Venkaiah Naidu</a> (2002–04)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajnath_Singh" title="Rajnath Singh">Rajnath Singh</a> (2006–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitin_Gadkari" title="Nitin Gadkari">Nitin Gadkari</a> (2009–13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajnath_Singh" title="Rajnath Singh">Rajnath Singh</a> (2013–14)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a> (2014–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._P._Nadda" title="J. P. Nadda">J. P. 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Chuba Ao</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._P._Abdullakutty" title="A. P. Abdullakutty">A. P. Abdullakutty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laxmikant_Bajpai" title="Laxmikant Bajpai">Laxmikant Bajpai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lata_Usendi" title="Lata Usendi">Lata Usendi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tariq_Mansoor" title="Tariq Mansoor">Tariq Mansoor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_India" title="List of prime ministers of India">Prime ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> (1996; 1998–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> (2014–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Deputy Prime Minister of India">Deputy prime ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a> (2002–2004)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%">Other prominent leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhavurao_Deshpande" title="Bhavurao Deshpande">Bhavurao Deshpande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirmala_Sitharaman" title="Nirmala Sitharaman">Nirmala Sitharaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piyush_Goyal" title="Piyush Goyal">Piyush Goyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Singh" title="Kalyan Singh">Kalyan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anandiben_Patel" title="Anandiben Patel">Anandiben Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smriti_Irani" title="Smriti Irani">Smriti Irani</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ravi Shankar Prasad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi" title="Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi">Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushil_Kumar_Modi" title="Sushil Kumar Modi">Sushil Kumar Modi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Naik" title="Ram Naik">Ram Naik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suvendu_Adhikari" title="Suvendu Adhikari">Suvendu Adhikari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarbananda_Sonowal" title="Sarbananda Sonowal">Sarbananda Sonowal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrakant_Bacchu_Patil" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandrakant Bacchu Patil">Chandrakant Bacchu Patil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Ghosh_(politician)" title="Dilip Ghosh (politician)">Dilip Ghosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamyang_Tsering_Namgyal" title="Jamyang Tsering Namgyal">Jamyang Tsering Namgyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madan_Lal_Khurana" title="Madan Lal Khurana">Madan Lal Khurana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahib_Singh_Verma" title="Sahib Singh Verma">Sahib Singh Verma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manohar_Parrikar" title="Manohar Parrikar">Manohar Parrikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshubhai_Patel" title="Keshubhai Patel">Keshubhai Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanta_Kumar" title="Shanta Kumar">Shanta Kumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Kumar_Dhumal" title="Prem Kumar Dhumal">Prem Kumar Dhumal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babulal_Marandi" title="Babulal Marandi">Babulal Marandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Munda" title="Arjun Munda">Arjun Munda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._V._Sadananda_Gowda" class="mw-redirect" title="D. 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Khanduri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Pokhriyal" title="Ramesh Pokhriyal">Ramesh Pokhriyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trivendra_Singh_Rawat" title="Trivendra Singh Rawat">Trivendra Singh Rawat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulab_Chand_Kataria" title="Gulab Chand Kataria">Gulab Chand Kataria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hriday_Narayan_Dikshit" title="Hriday Narayan Dikshit">Hriday Narayan Dikshit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biswabhusan_Harichandan" title="Biswabhusan Harichandan">Biswabhusan Harichandan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandaru_Dattatreya" title="Bandaru Dattatreya">Bandaru Dattatreya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draupadi_Murmu" class="mw-redirect" title="Draupadi Murmu">Draupadi Murmu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vajubhai_Vala" title="Vajubhai Vala">Vajubhai Vala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalraj_Mishra" title="Kalraj Mishra">Kalraj Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banwarilal_Purohit" title="Banwarilal Purohit">Banwarilal Purohit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamilisai_Soundararajan" title="Tamilisai Soundararajan">Tamilisai Soundararajan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Sinha" title="Manoj Sinha">Manoj Sinha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Prabhu" title="Suresh Prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._S._Yediyurappa" title="B. S. Yediyurappa">B. S. Yediyurappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogi_Adityanath" title="Yogi Adityanath">Yogi Adityanath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himanta_Biswa_Sarma" title="Himanta Biswa Sarma">Himanta Biswa Sarma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_from_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party">Current chief ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pema_Khandu" title="Pema Khandu">Pema Khandu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himanta_Biswa_Sarma" title="Himanta Biswa Sarma">Himanta Biswa Sarma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Deo_Sai" title="Vishnu Deo Sai">Vishnu Deo Sai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Sawant" title="Pramod Sawant">Pramod Sawant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhupendrabhai_Patel" title="Bhupendrabhai Patel">Bhupendrabhai Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayab_Singh_Saini" title="Nayab Singh Saini">Nayab Singh Saini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Yadav" title="Mohan Yadav">Mohan Yadav</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Charan_Majhi" title="Mohan Charan Majhi">Mohan Charan Majhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhajan_Lal_Sharma" title="Bhajan Lal Sharma">Bhajan Lal Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Biren_Singh" title="N. Biren Singh">N. Biren Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogi_Adityanath" title="Yogi Adityanath">Yogi Adityanath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manik_Saha" title="Manik Saha">Manik Saha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushkar_Singh_Dhami" title="Pushkar Singh Dhami">Pushkar Singh Dhami</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Indian_deputy_chief_ministers" title="List of current Indian deputy chief ministers">Current<br />deputy chief ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chowna_Mein" title="Chowna Mein">Chowna Mein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Fadnavis" title="Devendra Fadnavis">Devendra Fadnavis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yanthungo_Patton" title="Yanthungo Patton">Yanthungo Patton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brajesh_Pathak" title="Brajesh Pathak">Brajesh Pathak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshav_Prasad_Maurya" title="Keshav Prasad Maurya">Keshav Prasad Maurya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samrat_Chaudhary" class="mw-redirect" title="Samrat Chaudhary">Samrat Chaudhary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Kumar_Sinha" title="Vijay Kumar Sinha">Vijay Kumar Sinha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Sao" title="Arun Sao">Arun Sao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Sharma_(politician)" title="Vijay Sharma (politician)">Vijay Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Shukla_(politician)" title="Rajendra Shukla (politician)">Rajendra Shukla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Devda" title="Jagdish Devda">Jagdish Devda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diya_Kumari" title="Diya Kumari">Diya Kumari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Chand_Bairwa" title="Prem Chand Bairwa">Prem Chand Bairwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanak_Vardhan_Singh_Deo" title="Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo">Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pravati_Parida" title="Pravati Parida">Pravati Parida</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%">Current<br />national spokespersons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Baluni" title="Anil Baluni">Anil Baluni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Mayukh" title="Sanjay Mayukh">Sanjay Mayukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sambit_Patra" title="Sambit Patra">Sambit Patra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudhanshu_Trivedi" title="Sudhanshu Trivedi">Sudhanshu Trivedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Shahnawaz_Hussain" title="Syed Shahnawaz Hussain">Syed Shahnawaz Hussain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Pratap_Rudy" title="Rajiv Pratap Rudy">Rajiv Pratap Rudy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalin_Kohli" title="Nalin Kohli">Nalin Kohli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajeev_Chandrasekhar" title="Rajeev Chandrasekhar">Rajeev Chandrasekhar</a></li> <li>Gaurav Bhatia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Zafar_Islam" title="Syed Zafar Islam">Syed Zafar Islam</a></li> <li>Tom Vadakkan</li> <li>Sanju Verma</li> <li>Gopal Krishna Agarwal</li> <li>Iqbal Singh Lalpura</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._P._Singh_(politician)" title="R. P. Singh (politician)">R. P. Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore" title="Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore">Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aparajita_Sarangi" title="Aparajita Sarangi">Aparajita Sarangi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heena_Gavit" title="Heena Gavit">Heena Gavit</a></li> <li>Guruprakash</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mmhonlumo_Kikon" class="mw-redirect" title="Mmhonlumo Kikon">Mmhonlumo Kikon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raju_Bista" title="Raju Bista">Raju Bista</a></li> <li>K. K. Sharma</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%">Current<br />general secretaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Singh_(Indian_politician)" title="Arun Singh (Indian politician)">Arun Singh</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dushyant_Kumar_Gautam" title="Dushyant Kumar Gautam">Dushyant Kumar Gautam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarun_Chugh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tarun Chugh (page does not exist)">Tarun Chugh</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vinod_Tawde" title="Vinod Tawde">Vinod Tawde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Bansal" title="Sunil Bansal">Sunil Bansal</a></li> <li>Dr. <a href="/wiki/Radha_Mohan_Das_Agarwal" title="Radha Mohan Das Agarwal">Radha Mohan Das Agarwal</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B._L._Santhosh" title="B. L. Santhosh">B. L. Santhosh</a> (Organisation)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Prakash" title="Shiv Prakash">Shiv Prakash</a> (Organisation)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%">Current<br />national secretaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vijaya_Rahatkar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vijaya Rahatkar (page does not exist)">Vijaya Rahatkar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arvind_Menon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arvind Menon (page does not exist)">Arvind Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pankaja_Munde" title="Pankaja Munde">Pankaja Munde</a></li> <li>Dr. <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Narendra Singh">Narendra Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alka_Gujar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alka Gujar (page does not exist)">Alka Gujar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Dhurve" title="Om Prakash Dhurve">Om Prakash Dhurve</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rituraj_Sinha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rituraj Sinha (page does not exist)">Rituraj Sinha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamakhya_Prasad_Tasa" title="Kamakhya Prasad Tasa">Kamakhya Prasad Tasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surendra_Singh_Nagar" title="Surendra Singh Nagar">Surendra Singh Nagar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anil_Antony&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anil Antony (page does not exist)">Anil Antony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjinder_Singh_Sirsa" title="Manjinder Singh Sirsa">Manjinder Singh Sirsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Dhankar" title="Om Prakash Dhankar">Om Prakash Dhankar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Organisation of the Bharatiya Janata 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