Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Ghatal(West Bengal )
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Party Name :
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Communist Party of India(CPI)
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Father’s Name
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Late Shri Durga Prosanna Das Gupta
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Nihar Devi
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Date of Birth
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03.11.1936
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Place of Birth
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Barisal (Now in Bangladesh)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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18 Jun 1965
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Jayasri Das Gupta
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No.of Daughters
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1
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Educational Qualifications
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M. Com
Educated at Asutosh College and
University College of Arts & Commerce, Calcutta University, Kolkata,
West Bengal
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Profession
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Political and Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
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78,Chetla Road,
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Kolkata-700 027
West Bengal
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Tels. (033) 24793434, 24796565
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Present Address |
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15, Canning Lane,
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New Delhi – 110 001
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Tels. (011) 23388701, 9868180640 (M)
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Position Held |
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1986
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Chairman, Sub-Committee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour on the Conditions of Agricultural Workers
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1988
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Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term)
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1992-93
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Member, National Council, Communist Party of India
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Member, National Commission of Rural Labour
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Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Securities Scam
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Member, Committee on Finance
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Member, Committee on Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha
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Member, Sub-Committee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour on Sick Public Sector Units
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour
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1993
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Chairman, Sub-Committee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour on provident Fund and ESIC default
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Chairman, Sub Committee, on the service condition of Private School Teachers
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Chairman, Sub-Committee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of labour on Safety in Mines
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1994
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Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (3rd term)
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2004
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Elected to 14th Lok Sabha
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Member, Committee on Finance
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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5 Aug. 2007
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Member, Standing Committee on Finance
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1 May 2008
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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Leader, Communist Party of India Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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31 Aug. 2009
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Member, Committee on Finance
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23 Sep. 2009
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Member, Committee on Petitions
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7 Oct. 2009
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Member, Committee on Ethics
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Member, Consultative Committee on Labour
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Book Published
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`Securities Scandal and a Report to the Nation`; contributes to a number of leading English and vernacular dailies and many other booklets on economic problems
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Special Interests
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Cricket and Rabindra Sangeet
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Drama
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Sports and Clubs
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Member, Cricket Association of Bengal
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Countries Visited
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Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, South Africa, U.K. and U.S.S.R.
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Other Information
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Detained under Defence of India Rules in 1965 and went underground on a number of occasions during Congress rule in West Bengal; President and General Secretary, Undivided Bengal Provincial Students` Federation, 1958-60; Vice President, (i) All India Trade Union Congress; and (ii) Bhartiya Khet Mazdoor Union; General Secretary, (i) Asutosh College Students` Union, 1957; (ii) West Bengal Committee of All India Youth Federation, 1967-77, and (iii) West Bengal Youth Festival Preparatory Committee, 1968, 1970 and 1973; attended World Youth Congress in Budapest as leader of the Indian Delegation in 1970; Elected General Secretary, All India Trade Union Congress in 2001; Elected Member, National Secretariat, Communist Party of India, 2004
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Reference: Loksabha