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Director:
RitvikaIyer
Moderator:
AishwaryaGosw
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Assistant
Director:
Rishaad Ali
Khan
Dear delegates,
As Director of the Crisis Committee of the HFS MUN 2013, it
is both my privilege and my pleasure to welcome you to my
Committee.
The Crisis Committee 2013 shall be simulating our very own
Lok Sabha. A specialized committee in our MUN, it promises to be the
perfect platform for all you young and passionate leaders of
tomorrow. While India lies on the brink of becoming the next global
superpower, certain unresolved issues continue to impediment her
progress.
As members of parliament, your agenda comprises India’s
strained relations with two of her neighbours- Sri Lanka and
Bangladesh. India’s relations with its neighboring countries have not
exactly been cordial in the past. You as members of Parliament will
be expected to address these pertinent issues of our country with
respect to why no amicable agreement has been achieved, why
certain Indians support the cause of other countries and why is the
common Indian at the mercy of bombings, terrorist attacks and
indiscriminate shooting?
In Daniele Vare’s own words-“Diplomacy is the art of
letting someone else have your own way.” As Ministers of the
Cabinet, it is up to you to tackle the various Agendas, shoot out with
vociferous yet diplomatic arguments, dodge awkward situations and
bravely overcome the volley of crises we will throw at you.
Finally let me introduce you to the Chair. AishwaryaGoswami,
your capable Moderator, is an experienced MUNner and an ardent
football fan who speaks out her mind. Your Assistant Director
Rishaad Ali Khan, a happy go lucky guy who is ever so easy to get
along with and finally - your Director, me, Rithvika Iyer, an avid
reader and a passionate writer with MUNning coursing through my
veins.
In all MUNning history, Crisis Committee has always provided
maximum excitement and the Lok Sabha promises to be double fun!
We hope you will be well researched and will come up with a
plethora of original ideas when we convene in July. Looking forward
to chairing the Lok Sabha,
Yours faithfully,
Rithvika Iyer.
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The LOK SABHA
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of
India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal
adult franchise. As of 2009, there have been fifteen LokSabhas elected by the
people of India. It is a forum wherein, the elected representatives of the country
discuss national problems, formulate laws and strive towards the betterment of the
entire nation.
Three sessions of Lok Sabha take place in a year:
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Budget session: February to May.
Monsoon session: July to September.
Winter session: November to December.
We shall be formulating the Winter Session of the Lok Sabha
LokSabha Chambers, SansadBhavan, New Delhi
Members
The maximum strength of the House envisaged by the Constitution is 552, which is
made up by election of up to 530 members to represent the States, up to 20
members to represent the Union Territories and not more than two members of the
Anglo-Indian Community to be nominated by the Honourable President, if, in
his/her opinion, that community is not adequately represented in the House.
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Speaker
MeiraKumari
Deputy Speaker
KariyaMunda, (BJP)
Leader of the
House
SushilkumarShinde,
(INC)
Leader of
Opposition
(LokSabha)
SushmaSwaraj, (BJP)
Members
545 (543 elected + 2
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Powers
The Lok Sabha has certain powers that make it more powerful than the Rajya
Sabha.
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Motions of no confidence against the government can only be introduced and
passed in the Lok Sabha. If passed by a majority vote, the Prime Minister and
the Council of Ministers resign collectively.
When there is a deadlock regarding a bill, it is resolved through a joint session
of both houses. The will of the Lok Sabha normally prevails in these matters,
as its strength is more than double that of the Rajya Sabha.
Can initiate and pass bills for Constitutional Amendment (by a majority of the
total membership of the House and at least two-thirds majority of the members
present and voting).
Can pass a motion to impeach the President (by two-thirds of the membership
of the House).
Can pass a motion to impeach the judges of the Supreme Court (by a majority
of the membership of the House and at least two-thirds majority of the
members present and voting).
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Can declare War or national Emergency (by two-thirds majority)
Political parties in The 15th Lok Sabha
1) The Majority Party
United Progressive Alliance (249 seats)
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Indian National Congress
Bodoland Peoples Front
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Nationalist Congress Party
RashtriyaLok Dal
National Conference
Indian Union Muslim League
ViduthalaiChiruthaigalKatchi
Kerala Congress (Mani)
All India Majlis-e-IttehadulMuslimeen
Nagaland People's Front
Sikkim Democratic Front
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2) The Opposition
The Opposition refers to the Party in Opposition to the Government having the
greatest numerical strength. They play a vital role in ensuring the proper
functioning of the PMO and are instrumental in pointing out the flaws and
mistakes of the Government.In the 15th Session of the Congress, the
BharatiyaJanata Party constitutes the Opposition. SushmaSwaraj is the leader of
the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
Foreign relations with Bangladesh:
Despite India’s history of her hostile relations with neighboring countries, her
relationship with her eastern neighbor, Bangladesh has been improving in the last
few years. However there still exist a lot of issues that remain unresolved.
The recent signing of a new extradition treaty and visa regime between India and
Bangladesh, signed by Indian home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and his
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Bangladeshi counterpart Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, marks a major shift in their
relationship.
While both countries largely stand to benefit from the agreement, the issue of
illegal immigration is a sticking point. With a porous, shared border more than
4000 kilometers long, many poor Bangladeshis illegally enter India to find work.
The India-Bangladesh relationship has been on the upswing since Sheikh Hasina
came to power in 2009. The improved relations are largely due to her efforts to
stamp out anti-Indian sentiment in Bangladesh.
Along with greater cooperation, economic activity between the two nations has
increased. In 2011, India pledged to invest U.S. $1 billion to build infrastructure in
Bangladesh.
While the new extradition and visa agreement and stronger economic ties are a
clear marker of progress, there is also a good deal of unfinished business between
the two countries.
For one, India has not yet signed the Teesta Water Teaty, which will give
Bangladesh access to the Teesta River that flows from India.
1. Illegal immigration of Bangladeshis in India:
An illegal immigrant in India is a person residing in the country without an official
permission as prescribed by relevant Indian law. Bangladeshis form the largest
group of illegal migrants in India.
Deaths of Bangladeshi citizens in the Indo-Bangladesh border became one of the
embarrassments between the two nation’s bilateral relations in recent years. The
so-called ‘shoot-to-kill’ policy by the India’s Border Security Forces (BSF)[9] that
according to Human Rights Watch killed nearly 1,000 Bangladeshis between 2001
and 2011 has remained at the core of the talks between Bangladeshi and Indian
officials visiting each other.[10][11]
While anger grew in Bangladesh because of the continued BSF shootings and
subsequent deaths, Indian officials argue that heightened security has followed the
increasing flow of illegal migrations into India as well as continued misuse of the
border by illicit traders. Indian officials, vowing to cut down the number of
casualties at border, showed statistics that the number of Bangladeshi deaths was in
a steady decline in recent years.[12]
The Bangladeshi deaths caused by BSF shootings at the border became subject to a
so-called cyber war between the hackers of the two countries that took the websites
of BSF, National Informatics Centre and Trinamool Congress as
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victims.[15] The government of Bangladesh was found to comment on the issue
condemning the cyber attacks on Indian websites.
Large scale illegal migration from East Pakistan/Bangladesh over several decades
has been altering the demographic complexion of Assam. They have used the
Bramhaputra River which is a common waterway as a mode of inexpensive and
convenient transportation system to come into India. The illegal immigrants learn
Assamese (the local language of Assam) which causes further complication in
distinguishing them from the original inhabitants. Some of them claim to be
Bengalis and the original Indian Bengalis are often mistaken as Bangladeshis. This
poses a grave threat both to the identity of the Assamese people and to our national
security.It threatens to reduce the Assamese people to a minority in their own
State, as happened in Tripura and Sikkim.
Illegal migration into Assam was the core issue behind the Assam student
movement. It was also the prime contributory factor behind the outbreak of
insurgency in the State.
There is a tendency to view illegal migration into Assam as a regional matter,
affecting only the people of Assam. Its more dangerous dimension of greatly
undermining our national security is ignored. The long cherished design of Greater
East Pakistan/Bangladesh, making inroads into the strategic land link of Assam
with the rest of the country, can lead to severing the entire land mass of the North
East, with all its rich resources, from the rest of the country. This will have
disastrous strategic and economic consequences.
The border is porous and migrants are able to cross illegally, though sometimes
only in return for financial or other incentives to border security
personnel. Bangladeshi officials have denied the existence of Bangladeshis living
in India and those illegal migrants found are described as having
been trafficked. This has considerable repercussions for those involved, as they are
stigmatised for having been involved in prostitution, whether or not this has
actually been the case. Cross border migrants are also at far higher risk
of HIV/Aids infection.
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Other areas ofContention
A major area of contention has been the construction and operation of the Farakka
Barrage by India to increase water supply in the river Hoogly. Bangladesh insists
that it does not receive a fair share of the Ganges waters during the drier seasons,
and gets flooded during the monsoons when India releases excess waters.
1. There have also been disputes regarding the transfer of Teen Bigha
Corridor to Bangladesh. Part of Bangladesh is surrounded by the Indian
state of West Bengal. On 26 June 1992, India leased three bigha land to
Bangladesh to connect this enclave with mainland Bangladesh. There was
dispute regarding the indefinite nature of the lease. The dispute was
resolved by an mutual agreement between India and Bangladesh in 2011.[2]
2. Terrorist activities carried out by outfits based in both countries,
like BangaSena and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami.
3. Bangladesh has consistently denied India transit facility to the landlocked
North Eastern Regions of India. Although India has a narrow land link to
this North eastern region, which is famously known as "India's Chicken
Neck"
4. Continuous border killing of Indian and Bangladeshi people, aiding illegal
immigrants, helping in armed decoity, fake money transfer and illegal drug
trades by both Indian and Bangladeshi people are the major problems
between Bangladesh and India.
5. Both Bangladesh and India make claims over the same seawater at the Bay
of Bengal.
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6. There was a minor glitch in their relation when Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh accidentally mentioned that 25% of Bangladeshis are
anti-Indian, during an informal press meet.
Bangladeshis in India and their importance in the society
India’s current Labour class constitutes a majority of Bangladeshis, especially in
the eastern states. The women work as maids, house helps etc. The men on the
other hand, work as labourers at construction sites, vegetable vendors, fishermen as
well as Rickshaw drivers. They have in them the capacity to do a lot of work at
cheap costs which is also one of the root causes of choosing them as labourers. The
upper middle class or the cream of the society is greatly dependent on them for
their odd jobs and manual labour. They are spread over the entire country as well
as the metropolitan cities. This makes it a herculean task to eradicate them from the
society. They play a vital role in the functioning of day to day jobs. This also
makes the citizens greatly dependent on them and their absence will cause
widespread malfunction in the working of transportation facilities and will cause
lack of workers. Before coming up with remedies to eliminate them from India,
substituting their absence will be absolutely essential.
India’s relations with Sri Lanka
Introduction
India-Sri Lanka relations appear to be reaching a phase of stagnation. While
bilateral relations at the political level are still cordial, Colombo does not seem to
be interested in or solicitous of Indian advice and suggestions with regard to its
constitutional experiments concerning devolution of administrative and financial
powers to the provinces. India’s economic and trade relations with Sri Lanka are
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also not picking up as per their potential. To compound this situation, the interparty competitive politics among Dravidian political parties in Tamil Nadu over
the issue of severing military-to-military linkages and cultural intercourse between
India and Sri Lanka, has come into play. This has consequential negative fallout on
Indo-Sri Lankan bilateral relations.
The onus for this state of affairs lies more on the failure of Government of India to
assert its primacy vis-à-vis the political constituents of the UPA combine and the
latter’s local-cum-regional compulsions, than on the Sri Lankan Government’s
obduracy towards acceptance of a wider package of devolution for its northern
Tamil-inhabited areas. Sufficient damage was done by India being party to the
USA sponsored UN Human Rights Council Resolution of March 22, this year,
wherein, the progress in implementation of recommendations of Sri Lanka’s own
“Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission” was criticized and Sri Lanka
Government was advised to take adequate steps to redress grievances on human
rights and put in place proper institutional arrangements for land dispute
resolution, etc.
Major issues:
1.Fishermen IssueThere have been several alleged incidents of firing on Indian fishermen fishing in
Palk Bay. Indian Government has always taken up the issue of safety of Indian
fishermen on a priority basis with the Government of Sri Lanka. Presently there is
no bonafide Indian fisherman in the Sri Lankan custody. A Joint Working Group
(JWG) has been constituted to deal with the issues related to Indian fishermen
straying in Sri Lankan territorial waters, work out modalities for prevention of use
of force against them and the early release of confiscated boats and explore
possibilities of working towards bilateral arrangements for licensed fishing. Over
530 fishermen have been killed in the last 30 years. Despite numerous protests
against the Sri Lanka navy this matter has been rather ignored. This violation of
deeds not only poses as a danger for the India Fishermen but also acts against the
dignity and sanctity of the JWG. One of the primary causes of this issue is
problematic water sharing schemes and inappropriate division of fishing grounds.
2. Sri Lankan Tamil Militant Groups (Ltte Issues)-
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Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups rose to prominence in the 1970s to fight the state
of Sri Lanka in order to create an independent Tamil Eelam in the north of Sri
Lanka. They rose in response to the perception amongst minority Sri Lankan
Tamils that the state preferred the majority Sinhalese for educational opportunities
and government jobs. By the end of 1987, the militants had fought not only the Sri
Lankan security forces but also the Indian Peace Keeping Force. They also fought
among each other briefly, with the main Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
rebel group dominating the others. The militants represented intergenerational
tensions, as well as the caste and ideological differences.
Except for the LTTE, many of the remaining organizations have morphed into
minor political parties within the Tamil National Alliance, or as standalone
political parties. Some also function as paramilitary groups within the Sri Lankan
military. Prior to 1987 the major groups included the Indian trained and equipped
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization, eventually militarily beaten by the LTTE,
but politically part of pro-LTTE Tamil National Alliance party, as well as a former
rival and splinter group from LTTE, the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil
Eelam, currently a minor standalone political party with many of its cadres
working as paramilitaries, although the PLOTE leadership denies this. Amongst
the many leftists groups the major one was the pro-Indian and MarxistEelam
People's Revolutionary Liberation Front, militarily defeated by the LTTE but a
faction of which is part of the TNA and others working with the Sri Lankan
government as paramilitaries. The Eelam People's Democratic Party is a progovernment group and a political party accused of being a paramilitary. A faction
of the Eelam Revolutionary Organisers (EROS) is part of LTTE. Liberation Tigers
of Tamil Eelam (LTTe) is the only remaining armed Tamil nationalist group.
A number of Tamil militant organisations have come into existence in Sri Lanka,
over the years. Some of these have withered away while the others have come
over-ground to join the democratic mainstream consequent to a renunciation of
militant means. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is currently the
only active militant organisation.
At their formation, all these groups vowed to achieve a separate Tamil Eelam
(State) through militant means. Those that have joined the democratic mainstream
have reconciled to the idea of a united Sri Lanka.
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Members of LokSabha
LokSabha is composed of representatives of the people chosen by direct election on the basis
of the adult suffrage. The maximum strength of the House envisaged by the Constitution is 552,
which is made up by election of upto 530 members to represent the States, up to 20 members
to represent the Union Territories and not more than two members of the Anglo-Indian
Community to be nominated by the Hon'ble President, if, in his/her opinion, that community is
not adequately represented in the House. The total elective membership is distributed among
the States in such a way that the ratio between the number of seats allotted to each State and
the population of the State is, so far as practicable, the same for all States.
AaroonRasheed,Shri J.M.
Constituency : Theni (Tamil Nadu )
Party Name : Indian National Congress(INC)
Positions Held
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Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
 2004 Elected to 14th LokSabha
 Member, Committee on Energy
 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Shipping
 Member, Committee on Government Assurances
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Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf
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Member, Committee on Energy
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Special Interests
Promoting communal harmony in remote dalit villages
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Public speaking
Sports and Clubs
Football and kabbadi
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Director, Rubber Board, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Abdul Rahman,Shri
Constituency : Vellore (Tamil Nadu )
Party Name : DravidaMunnetraKazhagam(DMK)
Positions Held
2001 - 2009
Member, Higher Level Political Affairs Committee, I.U.M.L., Tamil Nadu
2009 Elected to 15th LokSabha
31 Aug 2009 Member, Committee on Information Technology
23 Sep 2009
Member, Library Committee
Special Interests
Working for peace in society; inculcating ethical and spiritual values among the people and
striving for communal harmony; spreading the study of comparative religion; to work for
harmony of hearts and meeting of minds of our people in different cultures and to see India as
the prosperous blissful land of peace
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading
Sports and Clubs
Ball Badminton
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
President, QuaideMillath Forum, Chennai; Vice-President, : (i) The Bank and (ii) Indian Muslim
Association, U.A.E.; Founder Member of Indian Community Welfare Committee of Indian
Consulate, Dubai; awarded, (i) "Outstanding Personality in Keeping Communal Harmony" award
by Tamil Sangam;
(ii) Personality award for communal amity conferred by Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli,
Tamil Nadu; (iii) first prize in State level elocution competition during school and college
education
Positions Held
1996-2001
Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
2004 Elected to 14th LokSabha
Member, Committee on Energy
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Shipping
Member, Committee on Government Assurances
2 Jan 2006
Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf
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Member, Committee on Energy
2009 Re-elected to 15th LokSabha (2nd term)
31 Aug 2009 Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare
Member, Committee on Official Languages
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Shipping
Social And Cultural Activities
Working for the upliftment of the backward, dalits and minorities
Special Interests
Promoting communal harmony in remote dalit villages
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Public speaking
Sports and Clubs
Football and kabbadi
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Director, Rubber Board, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Abdul Rahman,Shri
Constituency : Vellore (Tamil Nadu )
Party Name : DravidaMunnetraKazhagam(DMK)
Positions Held
 2001 - 2009
Member, Higher Level Political Affairs Committee, I.U.M.L., Tamil Nadu
 2009 Elected to 15th LokSabha
 31 Aug 2009 Member, Committee on Information Technology
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Member, Library Committee
 Special Interests
 Working for peace in society; inculcating ethical and spiritual values among the people and
striving for communal harmony; spreading the study of comparative religion; to work for
harmony of hearts and meeting of minds of our people in different cultures and to see India as
the prosperous blissful land of peace
 Favourite Pastime and Recreation
 Reading
 Sports and Clubs
 Ball Badminton
 Countries Visited
 Widely travelled
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 President, QuaideMillath Forum, Chennai; Vice-President, : (i) The Bank and (ii) Indian Muslim
Association, U.A.E.; Founder Member of Indian Community Welfare Committee of Indian
Consulate, Dubai; awarded, (i) "Outstanding Personality in Keeping Communal Harmony" award
by Tamil Sangam;
 (ii) Personality award for communal amity conferred by Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli,
Tamil Nadu; (iii) first prize in State level elocution competition during school and college
education
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
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1991 Re-elected to 10th LokSabha (4th term)
1993-95
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
1993-96
Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances
o Member, Committee on Railways
1996 Re-elected to 11th LokSabha (5th term)
1996-97
Chairman, Committee on Railways
o Member, Panel of Chairman
o Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry
1998 Re-elected to 12th LokSabha (6th term)
o Member, Panel of Chairman, LokSabha
1998-99
Convenor, Sub-Committee on Power, Committee on Energy
o Member, Committee on Energy and its Sub-Committees on Coal and Action Taken
Reports
o Member, Committee of Privileges
o Member, General Purposes Committee
o Member, Committee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway
Undertakings to
General Revenues
o Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry
o Special Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
1999 Re-elected to 13th LokSabha (7th term)
1999-2004
Chairman, Committee on Petitions
o Member, Committee on Energy
o Member, General Purposes Committee
2000-2004
Member, Consultative Committee Ministry of Railways
Special Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry
2004 Re-elected to 14th LokSabha( 8th term)
Leader, CPI (M) Parliamentary Party, LokSabha
Chairman, Committee on Railways
Member, Rules Committee
Member, General Purposes Committee
o Member, Committee on Security in Parliament Complex
o Member, Committee on Installation of Portraits/Statues of National Leaders and
Parliamentarian in Parliament House
o Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Heavy Industry & Public Enterprises
o Special Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Power
5 Aug. 2007
Chairman, Committee on Railways
2008 Member, Central Committee CPI (M)
2009 Re-elected to 15th LokSabha (9th term)
o Leader, CPI (M) Parliamentary Party, LokSabha
Jun. 2009
Member, Panel of Chairmen, LokSabha
29 Jun. 2009 Member, Business Advisory Committee
31 Aug. 2009 Chairman, Committee on Agriculture
19 Oct. 2009 Member, General Purposes Committee
o Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
o Special Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Power
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(CITU); (iii) LIC Agent organisation of India; (iv) DVC Contractor Workers Union; (v) Santhaldihi
Thermal Power Plant, ThikaderShramik Union; (vi) Damodar Cement and Slag Workers Union;
Vice-President (i) All India Centre, Indian Trade Union; (ii) DVC Shramik Union and (iii) Colliery
MazdoorSabha of India; Member, (i) Central Committee CPI (M); (ii) General Council, CITU; (iii)
Working Committee, CITU, West Bengal
AdhiSankar,Shri
Constituency : Kallakurichi (Tamil Nadu )
Party Name : DravidaMunnetraKazhagam(DMK)
Positions Held
o Executive Member, DravidaMunnetraKazhagam, Tamil Nadu
o Leader, Youth Wing, D.M.K., Cuddalore
1999 Elected to 13th LokSabha
o Deputy Whip, D.M.K. Parliamentary Party, LokSabha
1999-2000
Member, Committee on Agriculture
o Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development
2000-2004
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development
2002-2004
Member, Committee on Home Affairs
2003-2004
Member, Committee on Government Assurances
2004 Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
2009 Re-elected to 15th LokSabha (2nd term)
31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Coal and Steel
23 Sep. 2009 Member, Committee on Private Members` Bill and Resolutions
Special Interests
Reading books, writing poems and social work
Sports and Clubs
Member, Lions Club
Other Information
Chairman, District Co-operative Bank, 1998-2000; Director, Tamil Nadu State Co-operative Bank,
1999-2001; President, Co-operative Marketing Society, Tirukoilur
Adhikari ,ShriSisir Kumar
Constituency : Kanthi (West Bengal )
Party Name : All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)
Positions Held
1962-67
Member, Gram Panchayat, Basudebpur, West Bengal
1969-71
Commissioner of Contai Municipality, West Bengal
1971-81 and 1986-2009 Chairman, Contai Municipality, West Bengal
1982-1987 and 2001-2009
Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly (three terms)
2009 Elected to 15th LokSabha
2009 - 22 Sept. 2012 Union Minister of State, Rural Development
Adhikari,ShriSuvendu
Constituency : Tamluk (West Bengal )
Party Name : All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)
Special Interests
Poverty alleviation programme (rural and urban).
Sports and Clubs
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Other Information
Active participation in co-operative movement since student life; Chairman (i) Contai Cooperative and Agricultural Development Bank (two terms); (ii) Contai Co-operative Bank
Ltd.(largest urban Co-operative Bank in the eastern region).
Ahmed,Shri Sultan
Constituency : Uluberia (West Bengal )
Party Name : All India TrinamoolCongress(AITC)
Positions Held
 1985-1999
Chairman, Borough - 6 Kolkata Municipal Corporation
 1985-2000
Councilor, Kolkata Municipal Corporation
 1987-1991
Member, West Bengal Legislative Asssembly
 1996-2001
Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly(second term)
 2009 Elected to 15th LokSabha
 2009 - 22 Sept. 2012 Union Minister of State, Tourism
 Social And Cultural Activities
 Vice President, AnjumanMufidul Islam, Kolkatta; Honorary General Secretary, Islamia Hospital;
andMember, All India Muslim Personal Law Board
 Favourite Pastime and Recreation
 Music, Games and Sports
 Sports and Clubs
 President, Mohammedan Sporting Club, Kolkatta; Working President, All Bengal Rickshaw
Union; Vice President, West Bengal Athletic Association; and Member, Working Committee,
Cricket Association of Bengal
 Countries Visited
 Bangladesh, France, Germany, Kuwait, Laos, Nepal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E. and U.K.
 Other Information
 (i)Member, Working Committee, All India Trinamool Congress; and (ii) Deputy Leader, TMC
Parliamentary Party
 Ajmal,MaulanaBadruddin
 Constituency : Dhubri (Assam )
 Party Name : All India United Democratic Front(AIUDF)
 Positions Held
 2006-09
Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
 2009 Elected to 15th LokSabha
o Leader, All India United Democratic Front Parliamentary Party, LokSabha
 31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Industry
o Member, Parliamentary Forum on Global Warming and Climate Change
 Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
 President (i) Hojai Session Reception Committee of Assam SahityaSabha, 2004; and (ii) State
JamiatUlama-e-Hind, Assam; (iii) Darul Hadith, Jayanagar Madrassa, Assam; Member (i) Advisory
Board, DarulUloom, Deoband, Uttar Pradesh; (ii) Governing Body, Madrassa-e-Shahi,
Muradabad; (iii) Governing Body, Madrassa Tarajamaul Masjid, Bhopal; and (iv) Central Working
Committee, JamatUlema-e-Hind; Trustee, DarulUloomImdadia, Mumbai
 Social And Cultural Activities
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orphanages and welfare projects; President, All Assam Non-Govt. Madrassa Board; Pro-vicechancellor, DarulUloom, Banskandi (Assam); Managing Trustee (i)HAMM Hospital & Research
Centre, Assam; (ii)Ajmal Foundation; (iii) Al-Salam Charitable Hospital Goalpara; and (iv)AWHAQ
Hospital Moirabari
Special Interests
Modern education and skill training for Madrassa graduates; runs MarkarulMaarifEudcation and
Research Centre, Mumbai imparting English language and research skills to Madrassa students;
facilitating women education through establishment of MariyamAjmalWomens College of
science and technology, Hojai, Assam.
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Religious discourse and Islamic Theological Exchanges; spending quality time with family and
friends
Sports and Clubs
Member, Skywards
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Chairman : (i) MarkazDarulYatama,Udali, Assam (200 students); (ii) MarkarDarulYatama,
Manipur, Assam (150 student); President, MarkazDarulYatama,Goalpara, Assam (1000
students);Director :(i) Shaik-ul-hind Academy, Deoband; (ii) Ajmal Group of Companies
Alagiri,Shri M. K.
Constituency : Madurai (Tamil Nadu )
Party Name : DravidaMunnetraKazhagam(DMK)
Positions Held
o Organising Secretary, DMK South Zone
 2009 Elected to 15th LokSabha
 31 May 2009 onwards Union Cabinet Minister, Chemicals and Fertilizers
 Social And Cultural Activities
 Taking maximum efforts to improve the living standards of the people below poverty line and
improve the effective working of NGOs in Tamil Nadu.
 Special Interests
 Health care and rural development.
 Favourite Pastime and Recreation
 Playing cricket and other games.
 Countries Visited
 Australia, European Countries, Hongkong, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, U.A.E.,
U.K., and U.S.A., etc.
 Alagiri,ShriSambandamKeerapalayam
 Constituency : Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu )
 Party Name : Indian National Congress(INC)
 Positions Held
 1986- 91
Chairman, PanchayatSamithi, Keerapalayam, Tamil Nadu
 1991-2001
Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (two terms)
 1991-1992
Member, Estimates Committee
 1992-93
Member, Petition Committee
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Chairman, Public Accounts Committee
2007-08
Vice Chairman, Special Committee for Agricultural Development, Government of
Tamil Nadu
2009 Elected to 15th LokSabha
31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on External Affairs
23 Sep. 2009 Member, Committee on Private Membes` Bills and Resolutions
o Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal
Books Published
"My Legislative Experience" published in Tamil.
Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Written many articles agriculture, literature, politics and social reforms in Tamil dailies and
weekly magazines.
Social And Cultural Activities
Established women welfare groups `Annai Indira Gandhi Women tailoring Society, 1986.
Special Interests
Reading and agriculture
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Social activities
Countries Visited
China, gulf countries and Sri Lanka
Azad,ShriKirti (Jha)
Constituency : Darbhanga (Bihar )
Party Name : BharatiyaJanata Party(BJP)
Positions Held
1993-98
Member, Delhi Legislative Assembly
1999 Elected to 13th LokSabha
2009 Re-elected to 15th LokSabha (2nd term)
31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development
Social And Cultural Activities
Founder Member, Karma Social Welfare Organisation; organised various cultural and sports
events for the under-privileged
Special Interests
Learning languages, reading and current affairs
Sports and Clubs
Renowned Cricketer and T.V. Commentator on Sports; member of the victorious Prudential
World Cup Team, 1983; Captain, Delhi and North Zone Cricket Teams; played seven Test
Matches and 25 One-day Internationals; Member, (i) Cricket Club of India, Mumbai; (ii) Delhi
District Cricket Association, Delhi; and (iii) India Habitat Centre, Delhi
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Chairman : (i) Delhi Sports Council; and (ii) BhagwatJha Azad Charitable Trust; Director, D.S.C.S.C
Baite,ShriThangso
Constituency : Outer Manipur (ST) (Manipur )
Party Name : Indian National Congress(INC)
Positions Held
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Minister of State, Govt. of Manipur
2002-2007
Member, Manipur Legislative Assembly
2009 Elected to 15th LokSabha
31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Agriculture
Social And Cultural Activities
Promotion of education among the poor people by instituting meritorious awards, etc.
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading
Sports and Clubs
Chess
Countries Visited
Nepal
Baitha,ShriKameshwar
Constituency : Palamu (SC) (Jharkhand )
Party Name : Jharkhand MuktiMorcha(JMM)
Positions Held
 2009 Elected to 15th LokSabha
 31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Railways
 Social And Cultural Activities
 Work for the upliftment and rights of the poor; make efforts to reduce the gap between the rich
and the poor; boost the morale of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward
Classes and bring them to the mainstream
 Special Interests
 Politics
 Favourite Pastime and Recreation
 Rural Plays
 Sports and Clubs
 Football
Bakshi,ShriSubrata
Constituency : Kolkata Dakshin (West Bengal )
Party Name : All India TrinamoolCongress(AITC)
Positions Held
 2001 - 2011
Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly
 2011 Minister of Transport and PWD, Government of West Bengal
 4 Dec. 2011
Elected to the 15th LokSabha in a bye- election
 Special Interests
 Social Service
 Favourite Pastime and Recreation
 Reading books and listening music
 Sports and Clubs
 Football, East Bengal Club, Kolkata and Mohammedan Sporting Club, Kolkata
 Countries Visited
 Japan
Bandyopadhyay,ShriSudip
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Party Name : All India TrinamoolCongress(AITC)
Positions Held
 1987-98 & 2006-09
Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly (four term)
 1998 Elected to 12th LokSabha
 1998-99
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
o Member, Business Advisory Committee
o Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development
o Member, Committee on Communications
o Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
 1999 Re-elected to 13th LokSabha (2nd term)
o Chief Whip, All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, LokSabha
 1999-2000
Member, Committee of Privileges
o Member, Committee on Finance
o Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
o Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare
o Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
o Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf Board
 2000-2001
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
 2000-2004
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
 2009 Re-elected to 15th LokSabha (3rd terms)
 31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Finance
o Member, Consultative Committee on Defence
 July 2011 onwards
Leader, All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, LokSabha
 July 2011 - 22 Sept. 2012
Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare
 Social And Cultural Activities
 Broadly involved in different social, cultural activities and associated with a number of cultural
organisations; sang RabindraSangeet in Central Hall of Parliament on the occasion of
Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary in 1998
 Special Interests
 Development and renovation of river Ganga in the city of Kolkata and to make Ganga free of
pollution
 Favourite Pastime and Recreation
 Reading national and international magazines and spending leisure time with pets
 Countries Visited
 Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Malaysia,
France, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, U.K. and U.S.A.
 Other Information
 Resigned from Indian National Congress and Assembly Membership in 1998 on moral grounds
and subsequently contested for LokSabha seat as a Trinamool Congress candidate; Founder
Member, All India Trinamool Congress,(A.I.T.C.); Former President, West Bengal Youth
Congress;General Secretary, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee; Spokesperson, All India
Trinamool Congress (A.I.T.C.)
Banerjee,ShriKalyan
Constituency : Serampore (West Bengal )
Party Name : All India TrinamoolCongress(AITC)
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 1991-1997
Vice-President, West Bengal Youth Congress
o Chairman, Legal Cell, West Bengal Youth Congress
 1998 General Secretary, West Bengal Trinamool Congress
 2001-2006
Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly
 2007-09
Vice-President, All India Trinamool Congress
 2009 Elected to 15th LokSabha
 31 Aug. 2009 Chairman, Committee on Coal and Steel
 16 Sep. 2009 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
 23 Sep. 2009 Member, Committee of Privileges
 04 Mar. 2011 Member, JPC to Examine Matters Relating to Allocation and Pricing of Telecom
Licences and Spectrum
 Social And Cultural Activities
 Contributed towards the development of community and society through a plethora of legal
initiatives,such as (i) RizwanurRahman Case; (ii) Nandigram Matter; (iii) Kolkata Book Fair
Matter; (iv) ChhotaAngaria Case; (v) BhikariPaswan Case; (vi) Imposition of Sec-144 in Singur;
and (vii) different land acquisition cases; made endeavours for various developmental works in
Asansol during his tenure as MLA; the ambit of development extended to the upliftment of
schools, spreading electricity, providing water supply, etc. and needful development work in
minority dominated areas with regard to schools and burial grounds.
 Countries Visited
 U.K., U.S.A. (Representative of Parliamentary Team of United General Assembly, Oct. 2009) and
Venezuela
 Other Information
 Advocate, Kolkata High Court since 1981; designated senior advocate, Kolkata High Court, 2004;
and senior adv
 ocate of Group 1 of Central Government from 1998-2004.
Chakravarty,Smt. Bijoya
Constituency: Gauhati (Assam )
Party Name: BharatiyaJanataParty(BJP)
Positions Held
 1977-78
District Secretary, Janata Party, Mangaldai Branch, Assam
o Parliamentary Secretary
 1986-92
Member, RajyaSabha
o Deputy Leader, RajyaSabha
 1986-87
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism
 1987-89
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies
 1988-90
Member, Committee on Rules, RajyaSabha
 1990-91
Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
o Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
 1991-92
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
 1999 Elected to 13th LokSabha
 13 Oct. 1999 Union Minister of State, Water Resources
 2009 Re-elected to 15th LokSabha (2nd term)
 31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment
 21 Apr. 2010 Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the sitting of the House
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Wrote poems, short stories, novels, features, write- ups and light essays; freelance journalist;
contributed articles on national, international, social and political issues under the pen name,
“B.C.”; as a regular columnist in Assam Tribune; wrote more than two hundred feature articles
and write-ups on current affairs from 1964 to 1968
Social And Cultural Activities
Organised women folk of Assam in both urban and rural areas in the name of Assam
MahilaSamiti, Assam Weavers Association; organising awareness and training camps for women
and rural youth in coordination with various N.G.Os; associated with Children welfare activities
specifically in the field of education and health
Special Interests
Development work in rural areas;Sports and travelling
Sports and Clubs
Sports woman of repute and holding a number of records, viz., record breaking performance in
Assam Inter College Sports Festivals,Gauhati University, 1955-59 and won best athlete trophy
for two years, 1955-57; Member, (i) Guwahati Health Club; (ii) BarkhetlyNatyalayaPragjyoti
Sports Club; (iii) Weavers Club; (iv) Constitution Club; (v) Indigenous Sports Club; and (vi) Boys
Club
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Associated with Praja Socialist Party, 1965-77; President, (i) District MoinaParijat, Mangaldai,
1970-73; (ii) District Table Tennis Association, Mangaldai, 1978-84; and (iii) International Youth
Hostel Association of India, Assam Branch since January, 1988; District President, (i) Mangaldai
Rickshaw Thela Association, 1979-84; and (ii) MangaldaiHarijanSanstha, 1975-85; VicePresident, All Assam MoinaParijat, 1969-71; General Secretary, MahilaParishad, Assam, since
February, 1988;Assistant General Secretary, J.B. College Students Union, 1955-56; Secretary,
District MahilaSamiti, Mangaldai, 1969-75; Joint Secretary, All Assam Women Writers
Association, 1976-81;Adviser, All Assam MahilaParishad, 1985-86; took part in various sociopolitical movements and was arrested a number of times; as Vice-President, KisanMorcha
(B.J.P.) widely travelled in rural areas of the State and inspired farmers to resort to modern
methods of cultivation; served as Professor from 1965-92
Chang,ShriChongshenMongkosungkum
Constituency: Nagaland (Nagaland )
Party Name: Nagaland Peoples Front(NPF)
Positions Held
 2003 to till date Vice President, Naga People`s Front (NPF) Political Party
 2009 Elected to 15th LokSabha
o Leader, Nagaland Peoples Front Parliamentary Party, LokSabha
 31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Finance
o Member, Consultative Committe Ministry Urban Development
 Special Interests
 Visiting historical and religious places sight seeing and interacting with people living in the
remote areas.
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Countries Visited
Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand
Other Information
President (i) Noksen Village Student`s Union 1960-62;(ii) Chang Student`s Conference 1962-64;
(iii)Chang Gazetted Officer`s Association 1991-96; (iv) Tuensang-Mon Gazetted Officer`s
Association 1993-96; and (v) Nagaland Civil Service Assocaiton 1994-96: Selected Nagaland Civil
Service as an Extra Asst. Commissioner (Class-I Gazetted), 1979; Sub Divisonal Officer (Civil), Tuli,
1983; Posted as(i)Deputy Secretary in the department of Youth-Resources & Sports, Kohima,
1989; (ii) Additonal Dy. Commissioner, Dimapur, 1990; (iii) Deputy Secretry, Home Department,
1993; (iv) Joint Chief Electoral Officer, Kohima, 1994; (v) Director on deputation in the
Department of Youth Resources & Sport, Kohima; (vi) Deputy Commssioner,Wokha, 1997 and
(vii) Additional Secretary, Department of Youth-Resources & Sports, 1998; (viii) Promoted to the
Post of Secretary, 1998 and inducted to I.A.S. in 1999
Hussain,Shri Syed Shahnawaz
Constituency: Bhagalpur (Bihar )
Party Name: BharatiyaJanata Party(BJP)
Positions Held
o Secretary, BhartiyaJanta Party (BJP)
o National President, BJP Minority Morcha
1999 Elected to 13th LokSabha
13 Oct. 1999- 26 May 2000
Union Minister of State, Food Processing Industries
27 May 2000 - 29 Sep. 2000
Union Minister of State, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
30 Sep. 2000- 7 Feb. 2001
Union Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource
Development
8 Feb. 2001- 31 Aug. 2001
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Coal
1 Sep. 2001- 23 May 2003
Union Cabinet Minister, Civil Aviation (Youngest Cabinet
Minister in the Histroy of independent India)
24 May 2003 Union Cabinet Minister, Textiles
9 Nov. 2006
Elected to 14th LokSabha in a bye-election (2nd term)
5 Aug. 2007
Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs
1 May 2008
Member, Financial Committee on Estimates
18 Nov. 2008 Chairman,Committee on Petitions
2009 Re-elected to 15th LokSabha (3rd term)
31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Personnel,Public Grievances, Law and Justice
23 Sept. 2009 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
23 Sep. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Privileges
31 Aug. 2011 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Energy
o Member, Committee on Minority Affairs
7 Oct. 2011 onwards Member, Committee on MPLADS
9 Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms and Contemptuous
Behavior of Goverment Officers with Members of LokSabha
Social And Cultural Activities
Chairman
Indo-Saudi Parliamentary Friendship Group,
Indo-Kazakistan Parliamentary Friendship Forum, and
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Indo-French Parliamentary Friendship Forum,
Haj Committee of India,
Central Wakf Council,
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL),
Aligarh Muslim University Court, and
Central Election Committee, BJP
National Spokeperson of BJP
Special Interests
Social work, youth welfare and upliftment of down-trodden
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading magazines, newspapers and watching sports and news bulletin
Sports and Clubs
Cricket and football
Countries Visited
Abu Dhabi, Australia, Bahrain, Bangkok, Canada, China, Dubai, Egypt, France, Germany, Japan,
Netherlands, Nepal, Oman, Saudi Arabia , Sri Lanka, Singapore, Switzerland, Turkey, Tazakisthan,
U.K. and U.S.A.
Other Information
Born in a Sunni Muslim family in Buzurgdoar, Distt. Samastipur (Bihar);
Leader
Indian Haj Goodwill Delegation, March 2000 and 2003,
Indian official delegation to Sydney Olympics, 2000, and
Indian Tourism Delegation to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Bahrain, May 2002;
Chairman
Indian Official delegation of Indo Saudi Parliamentary Friendship Group, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Participated in
Enterprises and Economic Development Training workshop organised by Commonwealth Youth
Programme, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1998,
Commonwealth Education Ministers` Conference, Halifax, Canada, 2000,
Civil Aviation Ministers` Conference organised by ICAO, Montreal, Canada, Sep. 2002, and
Inter-Parliamentary Union as delegate in Geneva, Switzerland, 2008
Member, Parliamentary Delegations
UN General Assembly Session , Oct. 2009,
57th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, London, July 2011,
India-Pakistan Parliamentarians Dialogue-III, Islamabad, Jan. 16-19, 2012, and
Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Pakistan along with Smt. Meira Kumar, Hon`ble Speaker,
LokSabha, Feb. 2012
Awarded Lions Gold Award, 2012
Hussain,Shri Ismail
Constituency: Barpeta (Assam )
Party Name: Indian National Congress(INC)
Positions Held
 1983-1985 and 1991-2006
Member, Assam Legislative Assembly (four times)
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Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Assam
2009 Elected to 15th LokSabha
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Social And Cultural Activities
Social, educational and cultural works in the Barpeta District as well as various parts of Assam.
President, General Body of several colleges in Barpeta L.A.C. area.
Special Interests
Development of social and economic conditions of the people of Barpeta H.P.C.
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading books
Soren,ShriShibu
Constituency: Dumka (ST) (Jharkhand )
Party Name: Jharkhand MuktiMorcha(JMM)
Positions Held
1971 General Secretary, Jharkhand MuktiMorcha (J.M.M.)
1980 Elected to 7th LokSabha
1986 President, J.M.M.
1989 Re-elected to 9th LokSabha (2nd term)
1991 Re-elected to 10th LokSabha (3rd term)
o Leader, J.M.M. Parliamentary Party
1996 Re-elected to 11th LokSabha (4th term)
8Jul. 1998-18Jul. 2001 and 10Apr. 2002-2Jun. 2002
Member, RajyaSabha
2002 Re-elected to 13th LokSabha (5th term)
May 2004
Re-elected to 14th LokSabha ( 6th term)
May 2004- 10 March 2005
Union Cabinet Minister, Coal and Mines
Jul. 2004
Resigned from Union Council of Ministers
2 Mar. 2005 -11 Mar. 2005
Chief Minister, Jharkhand
29 Jan. 2006 - 28 Nov. 2006
Union Cabinet Minister, Coal
29 Nov. 2006 Resigned from Union Council of Ministers
2008 Leader, J.M.M., Parliamentary Party, LokSabha
2009 Re-elected to 15th LokSabha (7th term)
o Leader, J.M.M. Parliamentary Party, LokSabha
31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Coal and Steel
23 Sep. 2009 Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of
Parliament
Special Interests
Welfare of the poor
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Archery and travelling
Sports and Clubs
Indoor games
Other Information
Suffered imprisonment on several occasions; participated in movements against exploitation by
money-lenders.
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Constituency : Patna Sahib (Bihar )
Party Name : BharatiyaJanataParty(BJP)
Positions Held
 1996 Member, RajyaSabha
 2002 Re-elected to RajyaSabha (2nd term)
 Jan 2003-May 2004
Union Cabinet Minister, Health and Family Welfare
 Aug. 2004
Union Cabinet Minister, Shipping
 2009 Elected to 15th LokSabha
 31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
 Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
 Started career in Films in the year 1967-68; acted in over 225 Hindi feature films; in addition has
worked in Punjabi, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Tamil and Telgu feature films. His play
`PatiPatniAur Main` has been liked and appreciated by all prominent citizens and common
people.
 Social And Cultural Activities
 Greatly influenced by LoknayakJaiprakash Narayan`s movement; associated with philanthropic
organisations like (i)SAFA (SatrughanSinha Fans` Association), PRAYAS and KOSHISH;
campaigned for raising funds for `Homes for Blind` and appealed to the people of the country
for donating their eyes after death; organised blood donation camps through SAFA; crusaded
against drug addiction amongst youth by arranging anti-drugs and anti-tobbaccoprogrammes in
schools and colleges in different parts of country; Chairman, PRAYAS (since 2001); an
organisation engaged in rehabilitating orphans and disadvantaged children, youth and women in
Delhi, Bihar, Gujarat, Assam and at the Tsunami devasted areas of Anadaman and Nicobar
Islands; Member,Board of Directors, KOSHISH, an organisation committed to serving the deaf
and dumb in Delhi; associated with Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences,
Lucknow; also produced socailly relevant film like `BihariBabu` and `Kalka` which deal with antidowry and labour exploitation.
 Special Interests
 Upliftment of the poor and downtrodden people; social service.
 Countries Visited: Australia, Canada, Mauritius, New Zealand, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South America and U.K.
 Other Information: Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation at the 61st Session of the UN General Assembly;
shared the dais with Mr. Frank Pallone of the US Congress on the occasion of the celebration of
50th Anniversary of India`s Independence organised by Indian Political Association of Central
California (USA); Grand Marshall, India Independence day Parade, New York, Los Angeles and
San Francisco (USA); State guest of Pakistan and personal guest of the late President Zia-Ul-Haq;
Attended (i) Golden Jubilee Mela, August, 1996 on the occasion of India`s independence Day,
invited by Indian Association in North America and UK; (ii) Chief Guest, Session of the
International Hindi Association, New Jersey (USA), October, 1997; and (iii)Guest of Honour,
Silver Jubilee Celebration, India Day Parade, Manahattan, New York (USA), August, 2005;
Awarded (i) B.F.J.A. Award for best supporting actor in `Tanhai`; (ii) Punjab-Kala-Shree Award as
Best Actor for film `Khudgarz`; (iii) Golden Semurg Award, Tashkent, 1988 for the film
`AntorjoliJatra`; (iv) All India Filmgoers award`AbhinayaSamrat`;(v)`Rashtriya Kishore Kumar
Samman` by Madya Pradesh Government; (vi) name entered in the Limca Book of the Record,as
the first actor from the Hindi Mainstream Cinema to become a Cabinet Minister in Govt. of
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India; (vii) Bihar Ratna for philanthropic activities; (viii) Award of Honour, New York (USA) and
Toronto (Canada)for contribution to the Indian Cinema; and (ix)Certificate of Recognition by the
Presiding Officer of Nasau County Legislature in recognition of his outstanding charitable work
as Member of Parliament
Singh Deo,ShriKalikesh Narayan
Constituency: Bolangir (Orissa )
Party Name: BijuJanataDal(BJD)
Positions Held: 2004-2009
Member, Orissa Legislative Assembly
 2009 Elected to 15th LokSabha
 31 August 2009 Member, Committee on Commerce
 Social And Cultural Activities: Member of Indian Delegation to scale Mt. Fuji, Japan
 Special Interests: Dereguleration of Economies, Socio Economic development, external and internally sponsored
terrorism.
 Favourite Pastime and Recreation: Reading, travelling, scuba diving, trekking
 Sports and Clubs: Gold Medal Trap Shooting 1991; Jr. National and U. P. State Basketball Team 1990/1991; cricket,
squash and golf.
 Countries Visited: China, France, Holland, Hongkong, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, U.K. and
U.S.A.
 Singh,ShriPashupatiNath
 Constituency : Dhanbad (Jharkhand )
 Party Name : BharatiyaJanata Party(BJP)
 Positions Held
 1995-2000
Member, Bihar legislative Assembly
 2000-2005
Member, Bihar( Jharkhand) legislative Assembly
 2000-2005
Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Jharkhand
 2005-2009
Member, Jharkhand legislative Assembly
o Deputy Leader, Bihar Legislative Assembly
 President, BJP, Jharkhand
 Chairman, Committee on Public Accounts
 Chairman, Committee on Industrial Resources
 2009 Elected to 15th LokSabha
 31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Coal and Steel
 Special Interests: Tourism, Book reading
 Sports and Clubs: Ex-President, Union Club, Dhanbad; Ex. Member, Lions Club
 Countries Visited: Hong Kong, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand
 Other Information:-
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President, College Student Union; Municipal Commissioner; (three times); ,Director, Central
Cooperative Bank; Member, Bihar Intermediate Council; Awarded Best Legislator Award, 2007
Research
Delegates, I know you will be sighing with relief by the time you see the end of
this study guide. But youmust realize that no MUN research is ever complete.
There are hundreds of books and websites out therethat you still have to go through
and learn from. It is imperative that you do not limit your research work to
the guide alone. The guide is just meant to give you a basic idea of our agenda.
Also realize that by extensiveresearch, I do not mean only Wikipedia! That is not
going to provide you with all your answers.
Delegates please note that any statistic or figure should be quoted from a Reuters
report.
So Happy MUN Researching!!
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