Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Nagaland
State : Nagaland
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Late Shri Hopongki
Mother's Name : Smt. Anenla
Date of birth : 27 Jul 1945
Profession : Social Worker Trader, Industrialist
Positions held :
1984 Member, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (N.P.C.C.)1987 Joint-Secretary, N.P.C.C.1989–1992 General-Secretary, N.P.C.C. (two terms)1992 and 1995 Member, A.I.C.C. (I) (two terms)1992 Member, N.E. Co-ordination Congress Committee1998 Elected to 12th Lok SabhaConvenor, Congress Parliamentary Party (North East)1998-99 Member, Committee on Communications and its Sub-Committee ‘A’ on Department of TelecomMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the sittings of the HouseMember, Committee on CommunicationsMember, Joint Committee on Offices of ProfitMember, Introspection Committee, A.I.C.C.Member, Parliamentary Affairs Committee, C.P.P.
More Information :
Special Interests
Sports and Games; religious seminars and tours and travels
Sports and Clubs
Executive Member, Nagaland State Arts and Cultural Council and Secretary to the Special Committee
Countries Visited
Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand; also visited Pakistan and Taiwan as a member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation
Other Information
Adjudged ‘All India Best Cadet’ in N.C.C. at Republic Day Parade, 1966; received the ‘Governor’s Commendation Certificate’ for outstanding performance in N.C.C., 1967; represented the St. Stephen’s College in various inter-College meets and won several trophies; First General-Secretary, Naga Students’ Federation for games and sports, 1965-66; Chairman, United Sangtam Students’ Conference Executive Committee; President, (i) Naga Students’ Union, Delhi, 1966-67; and (ii) United Sangtam Students’ Conference Executive Committee, 1970; Secretary, Athletics, District Sports Council; Member, (i) Mokokchung Arts and Cultural Council; (ii) Advisory Board of Mokokchung Music Society; (iii) Philatelic Advisory Committee, Department of Post, Government of India since 1989; (iv) All India Congress Committee’s Organisational Election, 1992; (v) North East Coordination Congress Committee, 1992 and 1995; (vi) Court Member, North Eastern Hill University since 1998; (vii) Telephone Advisory Committee Nagaland, since 1998; (viii) Zonal Railway Users Consultative Committee; and Observer (N.P.C.C.) for Nagaland General Election, 1987; (ix) N.N.O. Party (affiliated to I.N.C.) since 1973; (x) Postal Advisory Committee for North-East IV, Nagaland, 2000; and (xi) Court, Nagaland University, 2000 In School he was an outstanding sportsperson and was declared `Best Man` in practically all the Divisions. He made sports records both in the field and track events His early political career was aligned with the Indian National Congress and served as Joint Secretary in 1985 and as a General Secretary in 1987 Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee,. He was also member of All India Congress and President of Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee on Human Rights. He resigned from Indian National Congress in 2014. He served as the President of Delhi Naga Students` Union from 1966-67 and became General Secretary of Naga Students` Federation for Games & Sports During `his tenure as a member of Lok Sabha, he was in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications which later was renamed as Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology. In several tours, he was made the Convenor of Parliamentary Standing Committee He was also a member of the “Offices of Profits" and the Committee on. "Absence of Members". He was a member of the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of Agriculture & in the Ministry of Food Processing In the year 2000 he was appointed as the Whip of Congress Party in Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament). He was designated a member of "Shadow Cabinet" of the Congress Parliamentary Party in 13th Lok Sabha The fourth highest Civilian Honour, "Padma Shri" was awarded to him in 2009 by the Government of India for his contribution in Public Affairs He represented India on several occasions and went as Parliamentary delegation to many countries including: Tiwan, South Korea, Thailand and Pakistan His Contributions to the North East Region of India 1. In the year 2003 he was responsible for bringing cell phones to all North Eastern states & Jammu and Kashmir, which was banned due to security reasons earlier and later he played most critical role in laying optical fiber network for internet services in the region. He is responsible for upgrading Dist. Manager Telecom Post to General Manager Telecom for 6 N.E. States and bifurcated Chiefeneral Manager N.E. Circle-II in Dimarpur 2. Due to r. Sangtam` Pefforts Jan Shatabdi Express was connected between Guwa ati, Dimapur Jorhat 3. As part of the Prime Minister`s Golden Quadrilateral Super Highway project connecting West to East originally planned from Surat, Gujarat to Silchar, Assam; it was he drove attention of Government of India to connect all the 8 state capitals of Northeast region with 4 lane highway. Thus, played a major role in connecting entire country with North Eastern region 4. He was awarded as "ALL INDIA BEST CADET" the Senior Division of NCC in 1966 in the Republic Day Parade. He was awarded the "Came of Honour" and "PM`s Baton" 5 He was awarded the Best Citizen of the country in the year 2002 by International Publishing House 6. He was appointed as the Advisor to the Eastern Nagaland People`s Organization from 2005 to 2017 and later elevated as Talk Team member with Government of India to represent Sangtam Naga tribe for demand of "Frontier Nagaland State" 7. He is the President of the Baptist Church Trust Association (BCTA) India, a partner organisation of the Baptist Missionary Society (BMS)
