Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha
KULESTE, SHRI FAGGAN SINGH
[BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY - MANDLA-ST (MADHYA PRADESH)]
Father's Name Shri Shobhan Singh Kuleste
Date of Birth 18 May 1959
Place of Birth Barbati, Distt. Mandla (Madhya Pradesh)
Marital Status Married on 14 May 1986
Spouse's Name Smt. Savitri Kuleste
Children One son and three daughters
Educational Qualifications
M.A., B.Ed., LL.B.
Educated at Mandla College, Dr. Hari Singh Gaur
University, Sagar and Rani Durgawati University,
Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)
Profession
Farmer, Teacher, Political and Social Worker
Permanent Address
Vill. Jewara, P.O. Dewari Kala (Bablia),
Tehsil and Distt. Mandla-481661
(Madhya Pradesh)
Tel. (07641) 31300
Fax (07642) 51110
Present Address
33, North Avenue,
New Delhi-110001
Tel. (011) 3794985
Positions Held
1990-92Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Member, Planning Board, Madhya Pradesh
Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Public
Health and Family Welfare, Madhya Pradesh
1993 Member, Panchayat Board, Distt. Mandla
onwards
1996Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
1996-97Member, Committee on the Welfare of
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Member, Committee on External Affairs
1998Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
Secretary, B.J.P.
1998-99Member, Committee on External Affairs and
its Sub-Committee-II
Member, Select Committee on the Constitution
(Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 1996
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Peroleum and Natural Gas
Social and Cultural Activities
Working for the propagation of education in society; encouraging
tribals to keep alive their cultural activities by forming several
committees; founder and organiser of educational units; providing
free education to the weaker sections of the society; established
Bahalia Development Block for the upliftment of Adivasis
Special Interests
Promotion of education
Sports and Clubs
Represented University and State levels in kabaddi,
kho-kho and volleyball
Countries Visited
Nepal
Other Information
Principal, Higher Secondary School, since 1982; President,
Tribal Development Council (Youth Wing), Madhya Pradesh,
1990-93; Joint Secretary, Tribal Development Council,
Bablia-Jewara, Mandla, Madhya Pradesh; Member, (i) Madhya
Pradesh Tribal Advisory Committee; and (ii) Select Committee
on Tribals
Election Result of
Mandla-ST Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 9,64,951
Total votes polled 5,87,431
Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates
(1) Shri Faggan Singh Kuleste (B.J.P.) 2,68,739
(2) Shri Chhote Lal Uike (I.N.C.) 2,55,227
(3) Shri Vinayak Rao Uikey (B.S.P.) 23,748
(4) Shri Naresh Chandra Singh (G.G.P.) 6,285
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