Party Name : Samata Party
Constituency : Monghyr
State : Bihar
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Late Shri Surya Narain Das
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 14 Jan 1947
Profession : Agriculturist
Positions held :
1964-65 Member, Communist Party of India (C.P.I.)1966 Secretary, C.P.I., Bariapur1969-71 Secretary, Jamalpur Local Committee1970 onwards Member, C.P.I., State Council, Bihar1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha1991-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development1992-94 Member, Standing Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development1994-96 Member, Standing Committee on Railways1996 Member, National Executive, Samata PartyRe-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)Chief Whip, Samata Party, Lok SabhaMember, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public DistributionMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways1998-99 Secretary General, Samata Party, Bihar; All India Secretary General, Samata Party1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Deputy Chief Whip, Janata Dal (U) Parliamentary Party1999-2000 Member, Committee on FinanceMember, Committee on Government AssurancesMember, Joint Committee on Patents (Second Amendment) Bill, 19992000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
More Information :
Books Published
“Monghyr Ka Vikas aur Ganga Pul” and booklets on “Monghyr Vikas Aur Sangharsh
Special Interests
Philosophy and Political Science
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading
Sports and Clubs
Football, chess, carrom and swimming
Countries Visited
Erstwhile U.S.S.R.
Other Information
Led the “Bekari Ke Sawal Par Andolan” in 1969 and was jailed; also led Bhoomi Mukti Andolan, 1970-71; struggled for social causes and suffered imprisonment; Secretary, Bihar Rajya Kisan Sabha, 1990-95; Patron, Monghyr Zila Vikas Sangharsh Samiti, 1994; led the agitation against “Taufir Kand” in which nine persons were killed and four hundred houses were burnt in 1986 and succeeded in convicting the guilty through a special court; led the agitation against “Tirasi Hatya Kand” in which five persons were kidnapped and murdered in 1990 and helped in the arrest of guilty persons; led the agitation in protest against transfer of 4,500 labourers of Jamalpur workshop and succeeded in restoring their transfer for renovation of Jamalpur workshop; was on hunger strike for 14 days for the construction of Ganga bridge in Oct.-Nov. 1994; Vice President, Jagriti (a social organisation), Monghyr since 1995; organised a massive demonstration in November, 1992 in Monghyr against the police-criminal nexus; President, Passengers Amenities Committee, Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), Government of India, 1998-99
