PURKAYASTHA, SHRI KABINDRA
[BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY - SILCHAR (ASSAM)]
Father's Name Late Shri Kalipada Purkayastha Date of Birth 15 December 1931 Place of Birth Kamarkhal, Distt. Sylhet (now in Bangladesh) Marital Status Widower (Married on 10 September 1964) Spouse's Name Late Smt. Gayatri Purkayastha Children One son and one daughter Educational Qualifications M.A.,B.T. Educated at Gauhati University, Gauhati (Assam) Profession Educationist and Social Worker Permanent Address Nutanpatti, P.O. Silchar-788001 (Assam) Tel. (03842) 21204 Present Address 8, Safdarjung Lane, New Delhi - 110011 Tels. (011) 3017787, 3017789 Positions Held Secretary, North-East States Coordination Council 1980Convenor, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Assam 1981-95General-Secretary, B.J.P., Assam 1984 onwards Member, National Executive Committee, B.J.P. 1991Elected to 10th Lok Sabha Member, Committee on Estimates Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution Member, Committee on Official Language Member, Committee on Human Resource Development 1995 onwardsVice-President, B.J.P., Assam 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 19 March 1998 Union Minister of State, Communications onwards Social and Cultural Activities As a member of a social organisation, had the opportunity to organise the society Special Interests Educational reforms and development; cooperative movement; literature and language; reading and writing Countries Visited Widely travelled in Europe and Africa Other Information Joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (R.S.S.)in 1950; Served as Pracharak in the district of Cachar, 1956-61; Divisional Secretary, R.S.S. of Cachar, Tripura and Manipur; Joined Janata Party in 1978; Chairman, Silchar Cooperative Urban Bank for 12 years; Member, Small Scale Industries Board; Assistant teacher in the Nursing High School, Silchar, Assam, 1954; Principal, R.K. Vidyapeeth, Karimganj, Assam, 1974; Served teacher's movement in Assam as the Secretary of the Silchar District for consecutive two terms; and imprisoned during Emergency in 1975
Our Other Sites IndianPost.com PressNote.com MahatmaGandhiji.comTotal electorate 8,26,607 Total votes polled 6,50,377 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates (1) Shri Kabindra Purkayastha (B.J.P.) 2,30,747 (2) Shri Santosh Mohan Dev (I.N.C.) 2,10,807 (3) Shri Noorul Huda [C.P.I.(M)] 1,72,999 (4) Shri Debasish Chakraborty (Ind.) 2,613
Election Result of Silchar Lok Sabha Constituency