[C.P.I. – Nalanda (Bihar)]

Place of Birth

Marital Status

Spouse’s Name

Children

Educational Qualifications

Profession

Permanent Address

Present Address

Positions held

1967-71

1970-76 and 1982 onwards

1980

1981-83

1984

March 1989 onwards

1991

Other Positions held

Social and Cultural Activities

Special Interests

Sports and Clubs

Countries visited

Other Information

Vill. Soh Sarai in Distt. Nalanda (Bihar)

Married in 1946

Smt. Gulabi Devi

One son and two daughters

B.A., B.L.

Educated at Bihar Town School and Nalanda College, Bihar Sharif and Law College, Patna (Bihar)

Advocate

Vill. and P.O. Soh Sarai, Distt. Nalanda (Bihar). Tel. 2335, 2762

3, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001. Tel. 3782562

Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly

Member, Bihar State Council of CPI

Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh)

Member, Committee of Privileges

Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth);

Secretary and Chief Whip, CPI Parliamentary Group in Eighth Lok Sabha;

Member, Committee on Official Language

Member, Central Control Commission, CPI

Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the third time

Member, Committee on Official Language

Member, Committee on the welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation

Member, Consultative Committee, Department of Power and Energy

Member, Public Undertakings Committee, Bihar Legislative Assembly

To work for the eradication of untouchability and organisation of voluntary groups on occasions like fairs and festivals; library movement and social seminars

Reading books

Football

Austria, Italy, Libya and USSR; Member, Indian Delegation to 69th Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Rome 1982; International Conference on the Revolution of Great Al-Fatah, Tripoli, 1984; the 40th Anniversary or the victory of Great Patriotic war over German Fascism in 1985; and the world conference to stop war between Iran and Iraq, Vienna, 1986

Imprisoned in 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1979 for participation in movements against rising prices, inadequate relief for flood-hit areas, oppressive and anti-people policies, atrocities on students and the unemployed.