Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha








MUKHOPADHYAY, SHRI AJOY
[COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST) - KRISHNAGAR (WEST BENGAL)]



Father's Name	    	Late Shri Amulya Chandra Mukhopadhyay

Date of Birth	    	27 August 1928

Place of Birth	    	Raruli, Distt. Khulna (now in Bangladesh)

Marital Status	    	Married on 1 May 1958

Spouse's Name	    	Smt. Anjali Mukhopadhyay

Children	    	Two sons

Educational Qualifications  	

		Intermediate (Sc.)

		Educated at Scottish Church College (Calcutta 
		University), Calcutta (West Bengal)

Profession  
   	
		Trade Unionist, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address     	

		35 D, Radha Madhab Dutta Garden Lane,
		Calcutta-700010 
		(West Bengal)

		Tel. (033) 3530713

Present Address     	

		53, North Avenue,
		New Delhi - 110001

		Tels. (011) 3792457, 3792598

Positions Held  
   
1980		Member, West Bengal State Committee, Communist
		Party of India (Marxist) [C.P.I. (M)]

1989		Elected to 9th Lok Sabha 

1990		Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit

1990-91		Member, Committee on Government Assurances

1989-91		Member,Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour
		
1991		Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1991-97		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
		Labour

1993-96		Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare

1994-96		Member, Committee on Estimates
 
1996		Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)  

1996-97		Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare

		Member, Committee on Petitions

		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of 
		Labour

1998		Elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term) 

1998-99		Chairman, Committee on Petitions

		Member, General Purposes Committee

		Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare

		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of 
		Labour

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments  

Contributed articles (in Bengali) to various journals on social,
economic and trade union matters

Social and Cultural Activities  

Upliftment of the downtrodden and struggle against their 
exploitation; led rescue and relief operations during floods
and provided assistance to the victims

Special Interests  

Rabindra Sangeet and classical songs, dances, dramas, 
recitations, exhibitions and sight-seeing

Favourite Pastime and Recreation     

Reading, listening to songs, recitation, watching films and 
cricket, etc.

Countries Visited

Bangladesh; as representative of All India State Government 
Employees' Federation to attend a Trade Union Seminar of the
SAARC countries

Other Information  

General-Secretary, State Coordination Committee of the  
West Bengal Government Employees' Associations and Unions, 
1978-89; Organiser of All India State Government Employees' 
Federation since 1960 (holding the post of Vice-President 
for many years); associated with the organisation and movements
of West Bengal State Government employees, since 1951

Election Result of
Krishnagar Lok Sabha Constituency  
      
Total electorate 	10,68,080
Total votes polled 	 8,97,928

Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates

(1) Shri Ajoy Mukhopadhyay 		[C.P.I.(M)]       3,72,490
(2) Shri Satyabrata Mookherjee 		(B.J.P.)          3,31,818
(3) Shri Jyotirmay Bhattacharya 	(I.N.C.)          1,56,800
(4) Shri Biman Biswas 			[C.P.I.(ML)(L)]     11,608
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