Party Name : Congress (I)
Constituency : Puri
State : Orissa
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 8
More Information :
MOHANTY, SHRI BRAJAMOHAN, B.A., (Hons.), LL.B. [Congress (I)—Orissa, Puri 1984] s. of late Shri. Padma Charan Mohanty; b. at Barimanda, Village, Gop P.S., Puri District, December 23, 1924; ed. at Zila School, Puri, Samant Chandra Shekhar College, Puri and Madhusudan Law College, Cuttack; m. Smt. Pramila Mohanty, March 1947; 3 s. and 4 d. ; Advocate; Associated Public Prosecutor and Special Prosecutor of Vigilance cases, 1965-66; joined 'Quit India' Movement in 1942 and discontinued studies (joined college again in 1946); Union Deputy Minister of Civil Supplies and Works and Housing, 1980-83; Cabinet Minister for Revenue, Irrigation and Power, Mining and Geology, Government of Orissa, 1972-73; President, Orissa P.C.C., 1971; Special invitee to the Central Working Committee of Indian National Congress (I), 1978-82; Member, Centenary Committee of Indian National Congress; Secretary, Puri District Students' Federation, 1939; Member, Working Committee, National Union of Students, 1950-51; one of the founder Members of Puri Mahila College and Nimapara College; Member, Press Council of India, 1980; Councillor, Municipal Council Puri, 1958-64; Member, Orissa Legislative Assembly, 1967-71, 1971-73 and 1974-77, and its Public Accounts Committee, 1971; Chief Whip, Orissa Congress Legislature Party, 1967; Secretary, Orissa Congress Legislature Party, 1971; Speaker, Orissa Legislative Assembly, 1974; Member, (i) Seventh Lok Sabha, 1980-84 and (ii) Committee on Subordinate Legislation 1983-84; Member, Business Advisory Committee; Member, Indian Delegation to (i) the World Peace Congress, Moscow, 1973, and (ii) the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Mauritius, 1976; Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, 1985-80.
