Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Autonomous District
State : Assam
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 7 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 16
Father's Name : Late Shri Kangther Engti
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Banre Tokbipi
Date of birth : 02 Mar 1945
Profession : Agriculturist Social Worker
Positions held :
1971 Elected to 5th Lok Sabha Member, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes1977 Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1980 Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1985 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (4th term)12 May 1986 - 4June 1986 Deputy Minister, Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India14 June 1986-14 Feb.1988 Deputy Minister, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Govt. of India1987-1989 Minister of State, Ministry of Planning and Programme Implementation, Government of India2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (5th term)Member, Committee on Government AssurancesMember, Standing Committee on Home AffairsMember, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesPresident, Karbi Anglong District Congress Committee5 Aug. 2006 - Aug. 2008 Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (6th term)6 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2009-2010)31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture1 May 2010 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (7th term)14 Aug. 2014 - 30 April 2017 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Rural DevelopmentMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
General Secretary, All Assam Karbi Youth Association, 1964 ; working for the socio-economic development of the poor tribal people in general and Karbi people in particular
Special Interests
Travelling abroad, sight-seeing and serving the poor people
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Visiting hill areas in the constituency and meeting people
Sports and Clubs
Interested in Badminton, Football, Volleyball and Carrom
Countries Visited
France, Poland, U.K., U.S.A. and U.S.S.R.
Other Information
Associated with Assam Pradesh Youth Congress and Pradesh Congress Committee
