Shri Baju Ban Riyan political profile

Riyan, Shri Baju Ban Constituency   : Tripura East -ST (Tripura) Party Name     : Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) Email Address : riyanb[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in

Father’s Name Late Shri Lankajoy Riyan Mother’s Name Late Smt. Chhaya Rani Riyan Date of Birth 13 Mar 1941 Place of Birth Vill. East Bagafa, Distt. South Tripura (Tripura) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 29 May 1965 Spouse’s Name Smt. Jharna Riyan No. of Sons 2 No.of Daughters 1 Educational Qualifications B.Sc. Educated at Maharaja Bira Bikram College, Agartala,Tripura Profession Agriculturist Social Worker, Sportsperson Permanent Address Vill. and P.O. East Bagafa, P.S. Santir Bazar, District – South Tripura – 799 144, Tripura Tels. (0381) 2323448, 2325365 (O) 2323975 (R) Present Address 170, North Avenue, New Delhi – 110 001 Tels. (011) 23092172, 23094950 9868180142, 9868180903 (M) Positions Held

1967-80 Member, Tripura Legislative Assembly

Member, Public Accounts Committee

Member, Estimates Committee

May-Dec. 1977 Minister, Animal Husbandry, Government of Tripura

1978-79 Minister, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Cooperation and Fishery, Government of Tripura

1980 Elected to 7th Lok Sabha

1985 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

Deputy Leader, C.P.I. (M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

1985-86 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Member, House Committee

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Welfare

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1996-97 Member, Committee on Agriculture

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

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Welfare

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)

1998-99 Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution and its Sub-Committee-A on Department of Food and Civil Supplies

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

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Planning and Programme Implementation

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)

1999-2004 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution

2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (6th term)

Member, Committee on Home Affairs

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

5 Aug. 2006 Member, Committee on Home Affairs

Member, Consultative Committee on Ministry of Development of North Estern Region (DONER) and Tribal Affairs

2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term)

31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Defence

6 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2009-2010)

1 May 2010 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Social And Cultural Activities President, Tripura Rajya Upajati Ganamukti Parishad; Joint Secretary, All India Kisan Council of All India Kisan Sabha; Member (i) CPI(M) Tripura State Secretariate; and (ii) CPI(M) Central Committee;Advisor, (i) Bru Socio-Cultural Organisation; and (ii) Hojagiri Festival Committee; and Organiser, Hojagiri Dance in Tripura State Special Interests Upliftment of the socio-economic condition of the poor, especially scheduled castes and scheduled tribes; organising cultural programmes and folk dance; reading books; and hunting Favourite Pastime and Recreation Tribal folk songs, games, reading and viewing T.V. Sports and Clubs Playing volleyball, football, carrom, cards, javelin throw, shotput and discus-throw; participated in All India Annual School Sports 1958 held at Kachrapara, West Bengal; Champion, M.B.B. College Agartala, Tripura, Annual Sports thrice in 1958, 1961 and 1962 Countries Visited China, Cuba, France, Germany, Mexico and Netherlands Other Information Arrested twice under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (M.I.S.A.) during emergency and pre-emergency period and detained in from 1974-76 and in Agartala Central Jail, Tripura; Vellore Central Jail, Tamil Nadu without trial for two years; and in Goalpara Central Jail, Assam, 1974-76; Member, (i) Indian National Congress, 1967-71; and (ii) Communist Party of India (Marxist) [C.P.I. (M)] since 1971 till date; School teacher, 1965-67

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