Name of Member: Shri Haradhan Roy
Political Party: Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Constituency & State: Asansol (West Bengal)
Lok Sabha Experience: 9,10,11
Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha
ROY, SHRI HARADHAN
C.P.I.(M)- ASANSOL (WEST BENGAL)
Father's Name : Late Shri Rakhal Chandra Roy
Date of Birth : 16 March 1926
Place of Birth : Napur in Distt. Burdwan (West Bengal)
Marital Status : Unmarried
Educational Qualifications :
Matriculation
Educated at Raniganj High School, Raniganj
(West Bengal)
Profession :
Political Worker, Trade Unionist and Social Worker
Permanent Address :
Central Office, Colliery Mazdoor Sabha of India,
Netaji Subhas Bose Road, Raniganj, Distt. Burdwan (West Bengal)
Tels. (0341) 44-4385, 44-6959
Fax. (0341) 44-5477
Positions Held :
1945-46 Primary Member, I.N.C.
1946-48 Primary Member, Forward Bloc
1948-53 Activist, C.P.I.
1954 Member, C.P.I.
1962 Member, C.P.I. Committee, Distt. Burdwan,
West Bengal
1964 Member, C.P.I.(M) Committee, Distt. Burdwan,
West Bengal
1964 onwards Member, All India and State Working Committees, C.I.T.U.
1967-87(Six terms) Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly
1982-84 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, West Bengal
Legislative Assembly
1989 Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)
1991 Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)
1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time
Social and Cultural Activities :
Educating masses, rural and urban development; setting up schools,
colleges, libraries, hospitals, health clinics; organising
gymnasium, sports and cultural activities
Special Interests :
Serving the masses
Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Socialising, study and sports
Countries Visited :
Former U.S.S.R.
Other Information :
Organised trade unions, peasant movements, democratic movements;
suffered imprisonment for about 30 times since 1952; remained
underground from 1962-1964, & 1964-1966; Assistant Secretary,
Refractory and ceramic Workers Union (INTUC), 1948; General
Secretary,Organiser, Founder Member, Colliery Mazdoor Sabha since
1952 (Raniganj Coal belt); Member (i) All India Engineering
Workers Federation 1956-57; (ii) A.I.T.U.C., 1957-58; (iii)
Central Committee, A.I.T.U.C., 1957-64; (iv) Working Committee,
Bengal Provincial Trade Union Congress (BPTUC) A.T.U.C., 1957-64;
General-Secretary, Organiser and Founder Member, Jyoti Prakash
Glass Mazdoor Union; Organiser, long march from Raniganj to
Calcutta with 200 workers of Burn company and other trade Union
Units in demand of lifting lock-out and settlement of demands of
workers of Burn Company Ltd.; General Secretary, Colliery Mazdoor
Sabha of India (C.I.T.U.) till date; Vice-President, All India
Coal Workers Federation; President (i) Raniganj Girls' College;
and (ii) Khandera College, Khandera, Vice-Chairman, Asansol
Mines Board of Health, 1978-83; General Secretary, Aluminium
Mazdoor Union Since 1967; Member, General Council, Indian School
of Mines. Dhanbad upto 31 August 1990
Election Result :
Asansol Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate 12,07,881
Total votes polled 8,41,736
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates:
(1) Shri Haradhan Roy [C.P.I.(M)] 3,76,806
(2) Shri Sukumar Bandyopadhyay (I.N.C.) 3,29,856
(3) Shri Surendranath Lamba (B.J.P.) 69,737
(4) Shri Gonesh Pal (Ind.) 11,556
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