Party Name : Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Constituency : Raiganj
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 16
Father's Name : Late Shri Azizul Haque
Mother's Name : Smt. Ladly Haque
Date of birth : 05 Jun 1957
Profession : Political and Social Worker
Positions held :
1990-2001 Member, Rajya Sabha (Two terms)1991-1993 Member, Committee on Sub-ordinate Legislation, Rajya Sabha1991-97 Member, Consultative Committee for the Department of TourismMember, Board of Tourism and Travel Industry1992,1994 & 1996 Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha1993-1996 Member, Standing Committee on Human Resource Development1996-97 Member, Standing Committee on CommunicationsMember, JPC on (WAKF)1998-1999 Member, Public Accounts Committee, Rajya Sabha Member, Committee on Government Assurances, Rajya SabhaMember, General Purposes Committee, Rajya SabhaMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil AviationMember, Standing Committee on External Affairs2000 onwards Chairman, Committee on National Perspective Plan for Youth (2000 - 2010)2000-2001 Chairman, Standing Committee on Tourism & TransportMember, Commitee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertaking to the General Revenue2001-2004 Member, West Bengal Legislative AssemblyMinister, Dept. of Technical Education and Training, Youth Welfare, Minority Development and Welfare, Self Employment, Government of West Bengal2004 Elected to 14th Lok SabhaChairman, Standing Committee on Urban DevelopmentMember, General Purposes Committee, Lok SabhaMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance2 Jan. 2006 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on (WAKF)5 Aug. 2007 Chairman, Standing Committee on Urban DevelopmentMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term)14 Aug. 2014 - 30 April 2017 Member, Committee on Estimates1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Standing Committee on External AffairsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping13 May 2015 onwards Member, Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 20153 July 2015 Member, Sub Committee-III, Committee on Estimates1 May 2018 onwards Member, Committee on Estimates
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Ex-Member, Editorial Board "Chhatra Sangram" (A student journal, 1980-83), "Yuba Shakti" (Youth Magazine, 1984-87); Member, Editorial Board, "Youth Stream" (English youth magazine from Delhi) and "Naujawan" (Hindi youth magazine)
Social And Cultural Activities
Associated with several social and cultural initiatives particularly aimed at promoting understanding among various ethnic linguistic groups having diverse cultural heritage and identities; engaged in organising students and youth and founded educational institutions, library, youth clubs, cultural and literary societies for the promotion of communal harmony
Special Interests
Promoting self employment; motivating young people to become more enterprising
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, Music, watching movies, folk culture and social gathering
Sports and Clubs
Patronising and encouraging Football and other indigenous low cost games and sports
Countries Visited
Widely travelled (22 countries) visited Algeria, Cuba, D.P.R. Korea (North Korea), Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Switzerland and U.S.S.R.
Other Information
President, Calcutta Muslim Orphanage; Chairman, (i) West Bengal Minorities Development and Finance Corporation, 1996-2011; (ii) Society for self employment for Urban Youth, West Bengal; (iii) Chairman, West Bengal Khadi and Village Industries Board, 2007-2011; Director, West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation, 1997-2001; General Secretary, (i) Maulana Azad College Students’ Union, 1978; (ii) Democratic Youth Federation of India (D.Y.F.I.), Calcutta District Committee, 1983-89; (iii) Democratic Youth Federation of India (D.Y.F.I.) since 1991; Secretary, Democratic Forum for National Integration, 1988-89; Joint Secretary, D.Y.F.I., West Bengal State Committee, 1987-91; Member, (i) Mohammedan Burial Board, West Bengal, 1982-91; (ii) Governing Body, West Bengal Urdu Academy since 1987; (iii) Press Council of India, 1998-99; (iv) Central Committee, C.P.I. (M), (v) Court of Aligarh Muslim University, 1998-99 and (vi) Court of Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1998-99 Visited Cuba, USSR, DPR Korea and Algeria to attend the World Festival of Youth and Students; Attended (i) Round Table Discussion on youth held in Mongolia in 1988; (ii) SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians Conference 1997 held in Pakistan; (iii) World Assembly of Youth held in Portugal; (iv) IPU Conference/Specialized Meeting/Regional Seminar held in Philippines and Switzerland.
