Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Silchar
State : Assam
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Late Shri Kalipada Purkayastha
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 15 Dec 1931
Profession : Political and Social Worker
Positions held :
1978 General Secretary, Janata Party, Assam1980 Convenor, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Assam1981-1993 General-Secretary, B.J.P., Assam1984-2004 Member, National Executive Committee, B.J.P.1991 Elected to 10th Lok SabhaMember, Committee on EstimatesMember, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public DistributionMember, Committee on Official LanguageMember, Committee on Human Resource Development1995-2001 Vice-President, B.J.P., Assam1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)19 Mar. 1998 Union Minister of State, Communications2003-2006 Vice-President, B.J.P., Assam2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term)6 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Estimates31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural GasMember, Committee on Human Resource Development1 May 2010 Member, Committee on Estimates
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Member, various social organizations to organize the society
Special Interests
Educational reforms and development; cooperative movement; literature and language;and reading and writing
Countries Visited
America, Bangladesh, China, France, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa, Switzerland, U.K
Other Information
Worked hard to extend relief and shelter to the persecuted Hindus coming from the Earstwhile East Pakistan, 1950-51; Joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (R.S.S.) in 1950; Served as (i) Zila Karyarah of the united Cachar District for 4 (four) years;and (ii) Zila Pracharak, Cachar,1956-1961; Divisional Secretary of R.S.S. of Cachar, Tripura and Manipur; Joined Politics on 03.01.1978; Joined B.J.P., 6th April,1980;Contested Assembly seat of Silchar as the Janata Party candidate; Chairman, Silchar Co-operative Urban Bank for 12 years and made it financially stable from liquidation point; Stamps on Dr. Hedgewar and Arun Kumar Chanda were released.
