ANSARI, SHRI JALALUDIN  Permanent address : Panchayati Akhara, P.S. Kotwali, P.O. & District Gaya (Bihar)

B.A., B.L.; C.P.I.(Bihar); s. of late Shri Noor Mohamad and late Shrimati Sharifan; b. at Village Abgila, P.S. Arwal, Gaya, November 17, 1942; ed. at (i) Umairabad High School, Arwal, Gaya, (ii) B.N. College, Patna (Patna University) and (iii) College of Commerce, Patna; m. Shrimati Zamima Khatoon, June 3, 1962; 3 s. and 2 d.

Social and Political worker; detained twice for the cause of students of Bihar in 1965 and 1967; practised as a lawyer in Jehanabad Sub-Divisional Court, 1969-73; joined C.P.I. in 1960; was President, Bihar Students' Federation; District Secretary C.P.I., Gaya 1973-86; Elected Secretary, Bihar State Council, C.P.I.;was Member, (i) State Secretariat of C.P.I., Bihar, (ii) National Executive Committee of AISF, 1965-67, (iii) Committee on Communications, 1994-96, (iv) Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, 1995-96, (v) Committee on Home Affairs and (vi) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, 1994-97; Member, (i) State Council, C.P.I. since 1975, (ii) National Council and National Executive Committee, C.P.I., (iii) Committee on Energy and (iv) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Power;elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, 1994.

Travels abroad : U.S.S.R., Mongolia, Guyana, Cuba, Israel, North Korea and Bangladesh.

Special interest : Social Work.