Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Raiganj
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 5 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Late Shri Jyotirindranath Dasmunsi
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Renukana Das Munsi
Date of birth : 13 Nov 1945
Profession : Farmer Advocate, Sportsperson, Social Worker
Positions held :
1970 onwards Member, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)1970-71 President, Youth Congress, West Bengal1971 Elected to 5th Lok Sabha1971-72 General Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), West Bengal1971-75 Elected President, Indian Youth Congress1971-77 Member, Public Accounts CommitteeSpecial Invitee, Congress Working Committee1977 Elected Member, Central Election Committee, I.N.C.1977-78 Elected Member, Congress Working Committee1979 Member, C.P.B., AICC (S)1980-82 President, P.C.C. (S), West Bengal1984 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1985-88 President, P.C.C., West Bengal1985-89 Union Minister of State, Commerce1989-91 Vice-President, P.C.C., West Bengal1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Member, Committee on Public Undertakings1998 Member, CPP Executive CommitteeWorking President, PCC, West Bengal1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)Chief Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha1999-2004 Member, Committee on RailwaysMember, Committee on Government AssurancesMember, Business Advisory CommitteeMember, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development SchemeMember, Committee on Public Accounts2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 5th term)23 May 2004 -Nov. 2005 Union Cabinet Minister, Water ResourcesNov. 2005 onwards Minister of Information & Broadasting ; Parliamentary Affairs6 April 2008 onwards Minister, Information and Broadcasting
More Information :
Books Published
"Anek Rakta Anek Nam" (Political Novel); “Take Over” (Novel); “Maner Manush” (Novel); “Bhorer Sanai” (Poetry Collection); “Ekhan Madhyanha” (Poetry Collection); “Ayodhya Sayahna” (Poetry Collection)
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Editor, “Dakhinee Barta”—A Bengali Magazine
Social And Cultural Activities
President, Gan Sanskriti Sangsad, a mass cultural organisation founded by Late Dr. Nihar Ranjan Roy
Special Interests
Defence studies and environment; Tagore and other Nobel laureates in literature
Sports and Clubs
Sports; Chairman, Legal Committee, Asian Football Confederation (AFC); President, All India Football Federation since 1988; Vice-President, Indian Olympic Association; Member, (i) F.I.F.A. Standing Committee; (ii) Asian Football Confederation Technical Committee; (iii) Mohan Bagan; (iv) East Bengal; (v) Mohammadan Sporting Club, Calcutta; and (vi) Member, Court of Arbitration, FIFA.
Countries Visited
Widely travelled; Member of several Parliamentary delegations during 1971-77 and 1984-89; Member, Indian Delegation for World Peace, 1972, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Leader, Indian Youth Delegation at the 10th World Youth Festival, Berlin, 1973; Indian Delegate to the 17th Congress of Komsomol, Moscow, 1974; Indian Delegate to Euro-Afro-Arab Youth Conference, Baghdad, 1975; led as Head of Indian Football Delegation to China, 1982; attended FIFA Congresses at Spain (1982), Italy (Rome, 1990) Switzerland (Zurich, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996), U.S.A, (Chicago, 1994, Los Angeles, 1999), and France (Paris, 1998); Argulia, 2002, Qatar, 2003; attended AFC Congresses at Indonesia (Bali, 1990), Hong Kong, 1992, Malaysia (Kualalampur, 1994, 1996, 1998) and Singapore, 1995
Other Information
Devoted N.C.C. Cadet since college days; “C” Certificate Holder of N.C.C.; Senior Under Officer, N.C.C. (the highest distinction), 1962-66; stood first in the march past ceremony of West Bengal Cadet Camp at Salua, Kharagpur, 1963; Treasurer, Debate Secretary and Vice-President, Calcutta University Students` Union, President, 1967-70; Vice-President, (i) Calcutta University Students Union 1964-67; West Bengal Chhatra Parishad, 1967-1970; Member, General Council, Law College Students Union, Calcutta University, 1965-68; engaged in legal profession agt Kolcata High Court (1976-77 to 1984); General Secretary, 74th Plenary Session, A.I.C.C. Reception Committee (Bidhan Nagar Session), 1971; Technical Study Group Member FIFA in 1995 World Women Cup at Sweden; Match Commissioner, FIFA, World Women Cup, 1999, U.S.A.; served special duties at World Cup (Football), France, 1998 (First Indian to get this Privilege); Special Duty Officer in World Cup (Football), Korea-Japan, 2002; Chief`de Mission, Inida Olympics Contgirt in 2004 at Athens, Greece
