Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Tripura East(Tripura )
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Party Name :
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Communist Party of India (Marxist)(CPI(M))
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Late Shri Lankajoy Riyan
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Mother’s Name
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Late Smt. Chhaya Rani Riyan
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Date of Birth
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13.03.1941
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Place of Birth
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Vill. East Bagafa, Distt. South Tripura (Tripura)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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29 May 1965
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Jharna Riyan
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No. of Sons
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2
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No.of Daughters
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1
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Educational Qualifications
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B.Sc.
Educated at Maharaja Bira Bikram College, Agartala,Tripura
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Profession
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Agriculturist
Social Worker, Sportsperson
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Permanent Address |
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Vill. and P.O. East Bagafa, P.S. Santir Bazar,
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District – South Tripura – 799 144, Tripura
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Tels. (0381) 2323448, 2325365 (O) 2323975 (R)
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Present Address |
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170, North Avenue,
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New Delhi – 110 001
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Tels. (011) 23092172, 23094950
9868180142, 9868180903 (M)
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Position Held |
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1967-80
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Member, Tripura Legislative Assembly
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Member, Public Accounts Committee
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Member, Estimates Committee
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May-Dec. 1977
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Minister, Animal Husbandry, Government of Tripura
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1978-79
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Minister, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Cooperation and Fishery,
Government of Tripura
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1980
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Elected to 7th Lok Sabha
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1985
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Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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Deputy Leader, C.P.I. (M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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1985-86
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Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Welfare
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1996-97
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Member, Committee on Agriculture
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Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Welfare
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution and
its Sub-Committee-A on Department of Food and Civil Supplies
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Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Planning and Programme Implementation
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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1999-2004
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Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution
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2000-2004
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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Member, Committee on Home Affairs
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Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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5 Aug. 2006
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Member, Committee on Home Affairs
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Member, Consultative Committee on Ministry of Development of North Estern Region (DONER) and Tribal Affairs
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2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term)
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31 Aug. 2009
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Member, Committee on Defence
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6 Aug. 2009
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Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2009-2010)
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1 May 2010
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Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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Social And Cultural Activities
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President, Tripura Rajya Upajati Ganamukti Parishad; Joint Secretary, All India Kisan Council of All India Kisan Sabha; Member (i) CPI(M) Tripura State Secretariate; and (ii) CPI(M) Central Committee;Advisor, (i) Bru Socio-Cultural Organisation; and (ii) Hojagiri Festival Committee; and Organiser, Hojagiri Dance in Tripura State
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Special Interests
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Upliftment of the socio-economic condition of the poor, especially scheduled castes and scheduled
tribes; organising cultural programmes and folk dance; reading books; and hunting
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Tribal folk songs, games, reading and viewing T.V.
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Sports and Clubs
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Playing volleyball, football, carrom, cards, javelin throw, shotput and discus-throw; participated in All India Annual School Sports 1958 held at Kachrapara, West Bengal; Champion, M.B.B. College Agartala, Tripura, Annual Sports thrice in 1958, 1961 and 1962
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Countries Visited
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China, Cuba, France, Germany, Mexico and Netherlands
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Other Information
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Arrested twice under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (M.I.S.A.) during emergency and pre-emergency period and detained in from 1974-76 and in Agartala Central Jail, Tripura; Vellore Central Jail, Tamil Nadu without trial for two years; and in Goalpara Central Jail, Assam, 1974-76; Member, (i) Indian
National Congress, 1967-71; and (ii) Communist Party of India (Marxist) [C.P.I. (M)] since 1971
till date; School teacher, 1965-67
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Reference: Loksabha