Nand Kumar Sai (born 1 January 1946) is an Indian politician and a member of the

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(BJP). He was elected to Lok Sabha, 1989–1991 and 1996–1998, from

Raigarh (Lok Sabha constituency) Raigarh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the eleven Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Chhattisgarh state in central India. Assembly segments Raigarh Lok Sabha constituency is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates. It is compos ...

when it was in Madhya Pradesh. In 2004 he was elected a member of the

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representing Surguja constituency of

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...

. He was a

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MP from

later.

Early life

Nand Kumar Sai was born in the small village of Bhagora in the

Jashpur district Jashpur District is a district of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh bordering Jharkhand and Odisha. Jashpur Nagar is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district was formerly a princely state before Indpendence. Highly mou ...

of the

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n state of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

. His father was Likhan Sai and his mother was Rupani Devi. He was born into a family of farmers and went on to secure a master's degree in

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from the N.E.S. College formerly Ravishankar University.

Political career

Since student life, deeply moved by the economic plight of Adivasies due to the consumption of liquor and dissuaded them from consumption of liquor, he even went to the extent of giving up the consumption of salt in his food since 1970 to dissuade them from consumption of liquor. He served as the President of: (i) N.E.S. College Students' Union from 1972 to 1973 (ii) B.J.P. District Raigarh from 1980 to 1982 (iii) B.J.P.

from 1989 (iv) B.J.P.

from 2003 to 2004. He also served as the General Secretary B.J.P.

from 1986 to 1988. He was the Executive Member B.J.P.

since 1988. He was the member of National Council of B.J.P. from 1989 to 1991 and National Executive of B.J.P.

Positions held

*1977–79 and 1985–89: Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (two terms) *1977–78 and 1986–88: Member, Privileges Committee, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly *1978–79: Chairman, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly *1988–89: Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly *1989–1991: Ninth Lok Sabha Member, from

. Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes *1990–91: Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs *1996–97: Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha (second term), from

*2000–2004: Member, Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly *2004–2009: Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha (third term)- Member, from Surguja (Lok Sabha constituency) in Chhattisgarh. Committee on Private Members Bills and Resolutions Member, Committee on Energy 2004, Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment *Aug. 2009: Elected to Rajya Sabha *June 2010: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha. *Aug. 2010 – May 2014 and Sept. 2014 onward: Member, Committee on Coal and Steel Aug. 2010 – May 2014 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Urban Development May 2012 – May 2014 and Aug. 2014 onwards Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Sept. *2014 onward: Member, Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table. On 28 February 2017, Nand Kumar Sai assumed charge as chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.

External links

Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website
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