Party Name : Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Constituency : Tripura East
State : Tripura
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 7 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Late Shri Lankajoy Riyan
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Chhaya Rani Riyan
Date of birth : 13 Mar 1941
Profession : Agriculturist Social Worker, Sportsperson
Positions held :
1967-80 Member, Tripura Legislative AssemblyMember, Public Accounts CommitteeMember, Estimates CommitteeMay-Dec. 1977 Minister, Animal Husbandry, Government of Tripura1978-79 Minister, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Cooperation and Fishery, Government of Tripura1980 Elected to 7th Lok Sabha1985 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)Deputy Leader, C.P.I. (M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha1985-86 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesMember, House CommitteeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home AffairsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Welfare1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1996-97 Member, Committee on AgricultureMember, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Welfare1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)1998-99 Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution and its Sub-Committee-A on Department of Food and Civil SuppliesMember, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Planning and Programme Implementation1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)1999-2004 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesMember, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (6th term)Member, Committee on Home AffairsMember, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes5 Aug. 2006 Member, Committee on Home AffairsMember, Consultative Committee on Ministry of Development of North Estern Region (DONER) and Tribal Affairs2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term)31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Defence6 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2009-2010)1 May 2010 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
President, Tripura Rajya Upajati Ganamukti Parishad; Joint Secretary, All India Kisan Council of All India Kisan Sabha; Member (i) CPI(M) Tripura State Secretariate; and (ii) CPI(M) Central Committee;Advisor, (i) Bru Socio-Cultural Organisation; and (ii) Hojagiri Festival Committee; and Organiser, Hojagiri Dance in Tripura State
Special Interests
Upliftment of the socio-economic condition of the poor, especially scheduled castes and scheduled tribes; organising cultural programmes and folk dance; reading books; and hunting
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Tribal folk songs, games, reading and viewing T.V.
Sports and Clubs
Playing volleyball, football, carrom, cards, javelin throw, shotput and discus-throw; participated in All India Annual School Sports 1958 held at Kachrapara, West Bengal; Champion, M.B.B. College Agartala, Tripura, Annual Sports thrice in 1958, 1961 and 1962
Countries Visited
China, Cuba, France, Germany, Mexico and Netherlands
Other Information
Arrested twice under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (M.I.S.A.) during emergency and pre-emergency period and detained in from 1974-76 and in Agartala Central Jail, Tripura; Vellore Central Jail, Tamil Nadu without trial for two years; and in Goalpara Central Jail, Assam, 1974-76; Member, (i) Indian National Congress, 1967-71; and (ii) Communist Party of India (Marxist) [C.P.I. (M)] since 1971 till date; School teacher, 1965-67
