Party Name : Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
Constituency : Maharajganj
State : Bihar
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
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Positions Held : 1949 Joined Socialist Party 1967-72 Secretary, Samyukta Socialist Party, Distt. Saran, Bihar 1967-68,1972-74 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly and -80 1977-80 Member, Estimates Committee, Bihar Legislative Assembly 1983-84 General Secretary, S.J.P., Bihar 1984-89 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth) 1990 Re-lected** to Lok Sabha (Ninth) Nov.1990& Union Minister of State, Deptt. of Rural Development June 1991 Member, (i) Committee on Government Assurances; (ii) Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; and (iii) House Committee 1990 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Energy 1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time 1996 onwards Principal General Secretary, Samajwadi Janata Party (R) Bihar
Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Folk and light music
Social and Cultural Activities : Co-operative movement in Bihar; Social welfare; opening of schools; Improvement of irrigation through construction of dams
Sports and Clubs : Athletics and swimming
Countries Visited : Attended Commonwealth Conference held in U.K.
Other Information : Joint Secretary, Eikh Vikas Kraya Vikraya Sangh, Ekma, Saran, Bihar, 1958-60; Imprisoned for about 3 months for participating in Bhoomi Andolan in Bihar in 1964; detained under MISA for 3 months for taking part in Andolan led by Shri Jai Prakash Narayan in 1974 and again during Emergency in 1975-76 (for about 15 months)
