Editing Lal Bahadur Shastri (section)

===State minister===
Following India's independence, Shastri was appointed Parliamentary Secretary in his home state, [[Uttar Pradesh]].{{Sfn|Rajeshwar Prasad|1991|p=23}} He became the Minister of Police and Transport under [[Govind Ballabh Pant]]'s Chief Ministership on 15 August 1947 following [[Rafi Ahmed Kidwai]]'s departure to become a minister at the centre. As the Transport Minister, he was the first to appoint women [[conductor (transportation)|conductors]]. As the minister in charge of the Police Department, he ordered that police use water jets, whose instructions was given by him, instead of [[Lathi charge|lathis]] to disperse unruly crowds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/greatleaders/shastri/page15.htm|title=Lal Bahadur Shastri:The Responsibility of Freedom|work=Free India|access-date=13 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070119032747/http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/greatleaders/shastri/page15.htm|archive-date=19 January 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> His tenure as police minister (As Home Minister was called prior to 1950) saw successful curbing of communal riots in 1947, mass migration and resettlement of refugees.<ref>U.N. Gupta (2003). ''Indian Parliamentary Democracy''. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. p. 121. {{ISBN|8126901934}}.</ref>