Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Surguja-ST
State : Chhattisgarh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri Likhan Sai
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 01 Jan 1946
Profession : Agriculturist
Positions held :
Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes1977-79 and 1985-89 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (two terms)1977-78 and 1986-88 Member, Privileges Committee, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly1978-79 Chairman, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly1980-82 President, B.J.P., District Raigarh1986-88 Genral Secretary, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh1988 onwards Executive Member, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh1988-89 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha1990-91 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)2000-2004 Member, Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Member, Committee on Private Members Bills and ResolutionMember, Committee on Energy5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Energy
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Social And Cultural Activities
Associated with social and cultural activities from student life; promotion of education, Hindi and Sanskrit Literature; participated in getting a writ petition filed in the Supreme Court against the scrapping of Sanskrit language from Indian education system; Supreme Court in its decision held the need for study of Sanskrit; struggle against exploitation of and atrocities on Scheduled Tribes, etc; movement against illegal liquor shops and consumption of liquor by tribals since 1975; devised a special plan for removal of poverty in rural India
Special Interests
Reading poems and heroic tales and cultural heritage; grooming people who are honest and striving for the establishment of truth
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Folk music
Sports and Clubs
Kabaddi, football and wrestling; promotion of games and sports in rural areas
Other Information
Sharing concern with persons who have grave concern for the critical state of human values and fight against their degradation; encouraging intellectuals to safeguard our culture
