Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha
ACHARIA, SHRI BASUDEB
[COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST) - BANKURA (WEST BENGAL)]
Father's Name Late Shri Kanailal Acharia
Date of Birth 11 July 1942
Place of Birth Bero, Distt. Purulia (West Bengal)
Marital Status Married on 25 February 1975
Spouse's Name Smt. Rajlaxmi Acharia
Children One son and two daughters
Educational Qualifications
M.A., B.T.
Educated at Ranchi University, Ranchi (Bihar) and
Calcutta University, Calcutta (West Bengal)
Profession
Trade Unionist, Political and Social Worker
Permanent Address
Vill. Kantaraguni, P.O. Adra,
Distt. Purulia
(West Bengal)
Tel. (03251) 44262
Fax. (03252) 22360
Present Address
188, North Avenue,
New Delhi-110001
Tels. (011) 3793756
Positions Held
1980 Elected to 7th Lok Sabha
1981 Member, Secretariat, Communist Party of India
(Marxist) [C.P.I.(M)], Distt. Committee, Purulia
Member, State Committee, C.P.I.(M), West Bengal
1984 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1985 Member, State Committee, C.P.I.(M), West Bengal
onwards
1985-89 Member, Railway Convention Committee
1986-89 Member, Joint Select Committee on Railway Bill
1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
1990 Member, Working Committee, Centre of Indian
onwards Trade Unions (C.I.T.U.), West Bengal
Member, General Council, C.I.T.U.
1990-91 Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings
Member, House Committee
Member, General Purposes Committee
1990-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Railways
1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term)
1993-95 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
1993-96 Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances
Member, Committee on Railways
1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term)
1996-97 Chairman, Committee on Railways
Member, Panel of Chairmen
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Industry
1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term)
Member, Panel of Chairmen
Deputy Leader, CPI(M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
1998-99 Convenor, Sub-Committee-I on Power, Committee
on Energy
Member, Committee on Energy and its
Sub-Committees on Coal; and Action Taken
Reports
Member, Committee of Privileges
Member, General Purposes Committee
Member, Committee to review the rate of dividend
payable by the Railway Undertakings to General Revenues
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Industry
Special Invitee,Consultative Committee,
Ministry of Railways
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading
Countries Visited
Former U.S.S.R.; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegations
to (i) Mongolia, 1985; (ii) U.K., 1990; participated in
International Conference on Peace and Solidarity at Pyongyang,
North Korea; visited Oman, Poland, Czeck Republic, Italy and Slovak Republic
as a member, Delegation led by the President of India, 1996
Other Information
Member, (i) Working Committee, All Bengal Teachers Association;
and (ii) General Council of the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad
Election Result of
Bankura Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 10,28,834
Total votes polled 7,66,640
Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates
(1) Shri Basudeb Acharia [C.P.I.(M)] 3,69,695
(2) Shri Sukumar Banerjee (B.J.P.) 2,58,112
(3) Shri Kashinath Misra (I.N.C.) 74,145
(4) Shri Baghambar Mahato (J.M.M.) 35,676
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