KALPNATH RAI

RAI, SHRI KALPNATH
[SAMATA PARTY - GHOSI (UTTAR PRADESH)]

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Father's Name      Late Shri Abhai Narayan Rai

Date of Birth      4 January 1941

Place of Birth      Semari Jamalpur, Distt. Mau (Uttar Pradesh)

Marital Status      Married on 8 February 1985 
   (for the second time)

Spouse's Name      Smt. Sudha Rai

Children      One son and five daughters

Educational Qualifications  

  M.A.(English), M.A. (Sociology), LL.B.

  Educated at Gorakhpur University (Uttar Pradesh)

Profession   

  Lawyer, Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address  
  
  Vill. & P.O. Semari Jamalpur, 
  Distt. Mau-275101 
  (Uttar Pradesh)

  Tel. (0547) 220220, 466555

Present Address  

  36, Aurangzeb Road,
  New Delhi - 110011

  Tel. (011) 3012007

Positions Held     

1963-66  General-Secretary, Samajvadi Yuvjan Sabha, 
  Uttar Pradesh 

1967-69  Executive Member, Samyukta Socialist Party (S.S.P.)

1969-70  Chairman, National Central Commission, S.S.P.
 
1974-76  Member, Executive Committee, Congress 
  Parliamentary Party (Indira) [C.P.P.(I)]

1974-78  Member, Rajya Sabha

1978-79  General-Secretary, C.P.P. (I)

  Member, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C.(I)]

June 1980- Joint-Secretary, A.I.C.C. (I)
Oct. 1980 

1980-81  General-Secretary, A.I.C.C. (I)

1980  Member, Rajya Sabha (2nd term)

1982-83  Union Deputy Minister, Parliamentary Affairs;
  and Industry

1982-84  Union Minister of  State, Parliamentary Affairs

1986  Member, Rajya Sabha (3rd term)

1988-89  Union Minister of State, Power

1989  Elected to 9th Lok Sabha  

Jan. 1990- Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
Aug. 1990 

1990-91  Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

  Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
  Energy

1991  Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1991-92  Union Minister of State, Power and Non-
  Conventional Energy Sources (Independent Charge)

1992-93  Union Minister of State, Power (Independent Charge)

1993-94  Union Minister of State, Food (Independent Charge)

1996  Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1996-97  Member, Committee on Science and Technology,
  Environment and Forests

1998     Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term) 

1998-99  Member, Committee on Commerce and its
  Sub-Committee on Textiles

  Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance

Special Interests  

Rural reconstruction, reading, writing and social service

Countries Visited  

Widely travelled

Other Information  

Advocate, Allahabad High Court; Secretary, Babu Inter College, 
Kopaganj, Azamgarh; attained first position in Distt. Debate 
Rally, 1954-56; President, (i) Shibli Degree College, Azamgarh,
1959-60; and (ii) Students' Union, Gorakhpur University, 
1962-63; nominated as Chairman, All India Sangharsh Samiti 
by Smt. Indira Gandhi, 1979-80

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Election Result of
Ghosi Lok Sabha Constituency  

Total electorate  12,07,069                                               
Total votes polled   6,81,893

Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates

(1) Shri Kalpnath Rai    (S.A.P.) 2,22,126
(2) Shri Bal Krishna    (B.S.P.) 2,03,752
(3) Shri Azamal Nurani    (S.P.)   1,98,278
(4) Shri Atul Kumar Anjan (C.P.I.)   14,345