Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya (born 1 December 1942) is an Indian politician who was a Member of Parliament from

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...

. He represented the Karimganj constituency in

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from 2004 to 2014 and is a member of the

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Personal life

Born in

Karimganj Karimganj, officially Sribhumi, is a town in the Karimganj district of the Indian States and territories of India, state of Assam. It is the administrative headquarters of the district. Karimganj town is located at . The area of Karimganj Tow ...

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, Suklabaidya was educated at the University of Guwahati and graduated with a MA degree in economics. He is married to Sandhya Suklabaidya and is father to two children. Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya has three grandchildren. Suklabaidya taught at the Silchar Polytechnic and

National Defence Academy The National Defence Academy (NDA) is the joint defence service training institute of the Indian Armed Forces. Here, cadets of the Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force train together before they go on to their respective service a ...

. He retired as Joint Director of Higher Education of Assam. His son Joydeep Shukla is a civil service officer. His grand daughter Naiwrita, is a politician.

Political career

Suklabaidya has served three terms as a Member of Parliament (MP) from the

. He was elected from Karimganj in 2004 and was re-elected in 2009. Suklabaidya is a member of the

References

1942 births Living people India MPs 2004–2009 People from Karimganj district India MPs 2009–2014 Lok Sabha members from Assam United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Indian National Congress politicians from Assam {{Assam-INC-politician-stub