Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Khajuraho
State : Madhya Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 5 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Late Shri Kanhaiyalal Kusmaria
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Nauni Bahu
Date of birth : 30 Jul 1942
Profession : Agriculturist
Positions held :
1972-75 General-Secretary, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Distt. Damoh, Madhya Pradesh1977-80, 1985-90 and 1990-91 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (three terms)1985-86 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha1991-93 President, Kisan Morcha, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Madhya Pradesh1991-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of RailwaysMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Water Resources1993-95 National Secretary, Kisan Morcha, B.J.P.1993-96 Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1996-97 Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and ForestsMember, Committee on Government AssurancesMember, Committee of Privileges1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha1998-99 Member, Committee on AgricultureMember, Railway Convention CommitteeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Water Resoures1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on Transport and TourismMember, Joint Committee on the Protection of the Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Bill, 19991999-2000 and 2000-2001 Member, Committee on Estimates (two terms)2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of RailwaysMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Water Resources2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (5th term)Member, Committee on Official LanguageMember, Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism & CultureDecember 2008 Resigned w.e.f. 19 December, 2008.
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Organising curltural and religious functions for personal and social upliftment through Yug Nirman Yojna; service of the handicapped by providing them tri-cycles, wheel chairs, hearing - aids, crutches and employment opportunities and abolition of child marriage and dowry sysytem
Special Interests
Horticulture
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Watching religious and historical plays, Ram Leela, Mahabharat and programmes of Aastha and Sanskar T.V. channels
Sports and Clubs
Kabaddi and volleyball
Countries Visited
France, Panama and U.S.A.
Other Information
Secretary, Music Association, J.N. Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur, 1963-64; imprisoned for eighteen months under M.I.S.A. during the Emergency, 1975; Chief, Sambhagiya Kisan Morcha, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh, 1980-85; Member, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Society, 1998-99; Executive Board, J.N. Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur; General Secretary, B.J.P., M.P., 2004; Vice-President, B.J.P., M.P., 2005
