Prof. Meijinlung Kamson political profile

Name of Member: Prof. Meijinlung Kamson

Political Party: Indian National Congress

Constituency & State: Outer Manipur-ST (Manipur)

Lok Sabha Experience: 8,9,10,11

Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament XI LOK SABHA


KAMSON, PROF. MEIJINLUNG
CONGRESS (I) - OUTER MANIPUR (ST) (MANIPUR)

Father's Name	:   	Late Shri K. Kamphul Kamson

Date of Birth	:   	17 January 1939

Place of Birth	:   	Majorkhul in Distt. Imphal (Manipur)

Marital Status	:   	Married on 12 May 1967

Spouse's Name	:   	Smt. P. Gaichui

Children	:   	Two sons and three daughters

Educational Qualifications :
	B.A. (Hons.), M.A. (Pol. Sc.)
	Educated at D.M. College, Imphal (Manipur) and Gauhati 
	University (Assam)

Profession :
   	Teacher, Social and Political Worker, Educationist, Journalist 
	and Sportsman

Permanent Address :
   	Majorkhul, Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Imphal-795001 (Manipur) 
	Tel. (0358) 20003

Positions Held :
   
1984		Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)
1985		Member, Consultative Committee,  Ministry of Youth Affairs 
		and Sports
1985-86		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource 
		Development
		Chairman, Standing  Committee  of  Congress  Parliamentary 
		Party on Youth Affairs and Sports 
1985-87		Member, Committee  on  the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and 
		Scheduled Tribes
1985-89		Member, Committee for North-East Railway Zone, Ministry of 
		Railways 
		Member, Divisional Railway Users Consultative Committee for 
		Lumding Sector, Ministry of Railways
		Member,  Telecom  Advisory  Committee  North  East  Circle, 
		Ministry of Communications
		Member,  Manipur  State  Committee  of  Congress Party  in 
		Parliament
1985-92		Joint Secretary, A.I.C.C.(I)
1985-86		Member, A.I.C.C.(I)
1986-87		Member,  Consultative Committee, Ministry of Personnel and 
		Training,  Administrative  Reforms, Public  Grievances and 
		Pension
1987-89		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Law and Justice
1989		Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)
1989		Member, Standing Committee on Environment and Forests
1989-91		Convener,  Standing  Committee  of  Congress Parliamentary 
		Party on Home Affairs 
1990-91		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
		Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings 
		of the House
		Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms
1991		Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)  for the third time
1991-95		State Convener, Congress Parliamentary Party
		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment 
		and Forests
		Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table 
1993-95		Member, National Committee of Panchayati Raj Abhiyan
		Member, Committee of select MPs and Experts on the Law for 
		extending  provisions of the Constitution (73rd Amendment) 
		Act, 1992 (Panchayati and Nagarpalika) Act, 1992
1995		Member, National Committee on A.I.C.C. Vichar Vibhag
Sept.1995-	Union Minister of State, Home Affairs
May 1996
1996		Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the fourth time

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
   	Founder  and  Editor,  'Changathan'  (a monthly);  Asstt. Editor, 
	'The Chingtam'  (a Manipuri Daily)  1977-78;  Founder  Secretary, 
	Adimjati  Hindi Press,  Imphal,  1977-84;  President, Zeliangrong 
	literature  and  language  Committee,  1979;   Managing   Editor, 
	Congress  Vernika  (monthly),  A.I.C.C. (I),  1985-86;  Editorial 
	Advisor, Easterm Courier,(a National weekly), New Delhi, 1994-95; 
	Member,  Advisory Board for Academic Archives, Manipur State Kala 
	Akademy, 1984

Social and Cultural Activities :
   	Secretary,   Kabui   Naga  Association,  Manipur,  1959;  Founder 
	President  (i)  Manipur  C.T.  Films  Co-op.  Society Ltd.  1972; 
	(ii)  Indian  Tribal Cultural Forum, 1979; and (iii)  United Naga 
	Council,  Manipur, 1979-80;  President,  Zeliangrong  Naga Union, 
	(Manipur, Nagaland, Assam), 1975-85;  Founder Secretary, The Naga 
	Hindi Vidyapeeth, Manipur, 1977-84, Founder Member, Hill People's 
	Conference, Manipur,1978; Vice-President, Kalyan Ashram, Manipur, 
	1979-85;  Founder Treasurer, United Action for Rural Development, 
	Manipur, 1981;  Member,  Himalaya  Seva  Sangha, 1983-84; Founder 
	Chairman,  The  Oriental  Institute of Arts and Culture, Manipur, 
	1985;   Member,  Senate  of   Manipur  University,  1985-89;  and 
	associated with various Co-operative Societies

Special Interests :
	Law  and  order,  international affairs,  science and technology, 
	cultural  upliftment  of  the  poor,  Scheduled Castes, Scheduled 
	Tribes and backward classes

Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
	Films, theatre, sports, reading and music

Sports and Clubs :
   	Football, badminton and chess

Other Information :
   	Secretary,  Zeliangrong  Students  Union,  1959;  Asstt.  General 
	Secretary,  Guwahati  University;  Manipur  Students  Association, 
	1960-61;  Head,   Department  of  Political  Science  and  Senior 
	Lecturer/Associate  Professor,  College  and  Manipur  University, 
	1963-84; Founder Secretary, Imphal City Kabui Cemetery  Committee, 
	1964; Member, Himalaya Sena Sangh 1983-84; Member, Works Advisory 
	Board;  Tribal  Development  Department,  Govt. of  Manipur, 1984; 
	General Secretary, Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad,1985-86; 
	Member,  Telephone Advisory Committee,  Manipur,  1985-89; Senior 
	Vice-Chairman,  Indo-Italian Society,  1987-88;  Member, Court of 
	the  North Eastern  Hill University,  1991-93;  Founder  Chairman, 
	Rani  Gaidinliu  Foundation, 1993;  President,  Lok  Tak  Project 
	Karmachari  Sangh, 1995;  Founder  Chairman,  Thrift  and  Credit 
	Co-operative  Society  Ltd;  Founder  Secretary,  Imphal  Housing 
	Co-operative Society Ltd. 

Election Result :
   
Outer Manipur-ST Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate	6,64,337
Total votes polled	5,54,047
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates:
(1) Prof. Meijinlung Kamson (I.N.C.)	2,65,325
(2) Shri Kimneilhing Gangte (Ind.)	1,97,217
(3) Shri Shimreingam Shaiza (F.P.M.)	  37,264
(4) Shri S. Lorho 	   [(A.I.I.C.(T)] 24,500

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