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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