Shri Ratna Bahadur Rai Member of Parliament (MP) from Darjeeling (West Bengal) Biodata

Name of Member: Shri Ratna Bahadur Rai

Political Party: Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Constituency & State: Darjeeling (West Bengal)

Lok Sabha Experience: 11

Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha


Father's Name	:	Late Shri Dalbahadur Rai

Date of Birth	:	6 March 1948

Place of Birth 	:	Rungmook Tea Estate in Distt.Darjeeling(West Bengal)

Marital Status 	:	Married on 14 October 1978

Spouse's Name	:	Smt. Nilam Rai

Children 	:	One son

Educational Qualifications :
	School Final
	Educated at Shantirani High School, Darjeeling 
	(West Bengal)

Profession :
	Teacher and Educationist

Permanent Address :
	Rungmook Tea Estate, Chandramandhura,
	P.O. Sonada, Distt. Darjeeling-734101 (West Bengal)

Positions Held :
   
March 1989-96	Member, Rajya Sabha
1993-96		Member, Standing Committee on Transport and Tourism
1996		Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)

Books Published	:
	Nine books/booklets in Nepali languages

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
	Contributes articles to Nepali and English magazines 

Social and Cultural Activities :
	Actively involved in the setting up of number of edu-cational and 
	cultural institutions:  revived the progressive literary movement 
	in Nepali art and  literature after seventies: youth and teachers 
	movement

Special Interests :
	Literature and art

Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
	Reading, listening music and meeting people

Other Information :
	Member,  Darjeeling  Gorkha Hill Council, 1989-94;  Led revolt in 
	the C.P.I.(M)  on the issue of the  demand for the formation of a 
	separate State (Gorkhaland) and  assisted  in  setting up  a  new  
	political  organisation  named  Communist  Party of Revolutionary 
	Marxists (C.P.R.M.) in December, 1996

Election Result :
    
Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate	12,12,950
Total votes polled	 8,43,297
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates: 
(1) Shri Ratna Bahadur Rai 	[C.P.I.(M)]	3,57,291
(2) Shri K.B. Chettri 		(I.N.C.)	2,80,167
(3) Smt. Geeta Chatterjee 	(B.J.P.)	  68,421
(4) Shri Gajendra Gurung 	(Ind.)	  	  29,499

 


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