Party Name : Communist Party of India
Constituency : Madhubani
State : Bihar
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
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Positions Held : Since 1964 Member, National Council, C.P.I. 1969-80 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly (For three terms) Member, Committee on Public Undertakings Member, Anti-Corruption Committee Leader, C.P.I., Bihar Legislative Assembly for 10 years Deputy Leader, Bihar Legislative Assembly for two years 1983-89 Chairman, Library Committee, Bihar Legislative Assembly President, A.I.T.U.C. 1984 Elected to Rajya Sabha 1984-85 Member, Committee on Public Accounts 1986-87 Member, Committee on Government Assurances Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for two years Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance April1989onwards Secretary, C.P.I. April 1990 Elected to Rajya Sabha 1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) June1996onwards Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture May1997 onwards Union Cabinet Minister of Agriculture; Additional charges of Ministries of Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
Books Published : Various Trade Union booklets and a novel based on reports on Dhorhi Mines Accident; novels in Maithili; one novel 'Kala', published by Maithili Academy, 'Samajwad Ka Navikaran', a collection of essays in Hindi; 'Mahila Atma Katha' (Maithili) 'Khan Ki Balivedi' Hindi; regular contributor to Hindi dailies like 'Hindustan' and 'Jan Shakti' and periodicals like 'New Age', 'Mukti Sangharsh', 'Mithila Mihir', Maithili Academy Journal 'Aryavarta' and 'Indian Nation'; Editor of Hindi 'AITUC Samvad', and 'Sankraman'
Social and Cultural Activities : Assisting mass literacy campaign in Madhubani and Begusarai districts of Bihar under Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti
Special Interests : Writing articles for dailies and studies in socio-economic conditions of India
Countries Visited : Widely travelled
Other Information : Participated in 'Quit India Movement', 1942 while studying; had to leave India and stay in Nepal during Quit India Movement; freedom fighter, badly injured in lathi charge in Darbhanga jail, 1943; active in social service and trade union activities; actively helped in opening of (i) Giridih Women's College; (ii) Baniadih High School; (iii) Bishweshar Secondary School and Inter College in vill. Nahar; and (iv) Natya Parishad at Nahar; Associated with (i) A.N. Sinha and L.N. Mishra Institute of Research, Patna; and (ii) Jagjivan Ram Institute of Parliamentary Work, Patna; Chairman, Coal Commission of Miners International, 1964; President (i) District Harijan Sewak Sangh, 1977-80; and (ii) AITUC, for two terms; Founder General Secretary, Kedar Das Institute of Labour and Social Sciences, Bihar; Member, Alternate Member; Executive Committee of World Federation of Trade Unions. Attended I.L.O. convention on Mines
