Rameshwar Oraon
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = File:Rameshwar Oraon delivering speech at NSCT (cropped).jpg
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| name = Dr. Rameshwar Oraon
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|2|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Daltonganj, Bihar Province, British India, (present-day Medininagar, Jharkhand, India)
| residence = Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| governor = Draupadi Murmu
Ramesh Bais
C. P. Radhakrishnan
| office = Cabinet Minister, Government of Jharkhand
| term_start = 29 December 2019
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = Hemant Soren
Champai Soren
| 2blankname = Ministry and Departments
| 2namedata = * Finance.
- Planning.
- Commercial Tax.
- Food, Public distribution and Consumer affairs.
| term_end = 5 December 2024
| predecessor = Raghubar Das
| successor = Radha Krishna Kishore
| office2 = President
Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee
| term_start2 = 26 August 2019
| term_end2 = 25 August 2021
| predecessor2 = Ajoy Kumar
| successor2 = Rajesh Thakur
| office3 = Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
| constituency3 = Lohardaga
| term_start3 = 23 December 2019
| term_end3 =
| predecessor3 = Sukhdeo Bhagat
| office4 = Member of Parliament
Lok Sabha
| constituency4 = Lohardaga
| term4 = 13 May 2004 – 18 May 2009
| predecessor4 = Dukha Bhagat
| successor4 = Sudarshan Bhagat
| office5 = Minister of State for Tribal Affairs
Government of India
| constituency5 = Lohardaga
| term_start5 = 2004
| term_end5 = 2009
| predecessor5 =
| party = Indian National Congress
| religion =
| spouse = Ragini Minz
| children = 1 son (Rohit Oraon) and 1 daughter (Nisha Oraon Singhmar)
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 25 September 2018
| source = http://164.100.47.194/LOKSabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4072&lastls=14
}}
Rameshwar Oraon (born 14 February 1947) is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He served as the Finance Minister of Jharkhand and was also a member of the 14th Lok Sabha. He represented the Lohardaga constituency of Jharkhand and is a member of the Indian National Congress Party.{{cite book|last=Rana|first=Mahendra Singh|title=India Votes: Lok Sabha & Vidhan Sabha Elections 2001-2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yInZdHn-pKoC&pg=PA268|accessdate=23 November 2014|year=2006|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=9788176256476|page=268}} He is a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
Early life and education
Oraon is from Kanke, Jharkhand. He was born in Daltonganj, in the erstwhile Bihar state. He is a retired IPS officer. He completed his doctorate in 1997 at Magadh University, Patna. Earlier, he did his M.A. in economics in 1970 and B.A. Hons in 1967 at Ranchi University, Ranchi.{{Cite web |title=Rameshwar Oraon(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- LOHARDAGA (ST)(LOHARDAGA ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/jharkhand2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=11163 |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=www.myneta.info}}
Career
Oraon is a former Indian Police Service officer of the 1972 batch.{{Cite news |last=Tewary |first=Amarnath |date=2023-08-23 |title=ED searches premises of Jharkhand Finance Minister’s son, others in liquor case |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/ed-raids-jharkhand-premises-of-jharkhand-finance-minister-rameshwar-oroans-son/article67226098.ece |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}} He is a recipient of the President's Police medal. He resigned the service in 2004 to contest the general election and won on Congress ticket.
Political career
Oraon was chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes from 28 October 2010 to 27 October 2013 during his first term, and continued till 26 August 2017 for his second term. He is thus an ex officio member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
Oraon served as the Member of Parliament, 14th Lok Sabha. On 26 August 2019, he was appointed by the Congress, as the new president of Jharkhand State unit.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/shakeup-in-jharkhand-congress-rameshwar-oraon-new-pcc-chief-state-unit-gets-5-working-presidents-1591914-2019-08-26|title=Shakeup in Jharkhand Congress: Rameshwar Oraon new PCC chief, state unit gets 5 working presidents}} He also served as the Union Minister of State for Tribal affairs in Government of India headed by Manmohan Singh. He won the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election from Lohardaga Assembly constituency and became a minister in the Jharkhand government.{{cite web |title=Hemant Soren takes oath as CM along with 3 other Cabinet ministers |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/politics/hemant-soren-takes-oath-as-cm-along-with-3-other-cabinet-ministers20191229210631/}} He defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, Sukhdeo Bhagat.{{Cite web |date=2019-12-23 |title=Lohardaga Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Rameshwar Oraon of Congress Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/lohardaga-election-results-2019-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-2430653.html |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=News18 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Lohardaga Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result: Candidates Profiles, Map, Total Votes, Past Results {{!}} Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/jharkhand/lohardaga |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}
On 29 December 2019, he was sworn in as the Cabinet Minister in the Government of Jharkhand, headed by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, along with Alamgir Alam and Satyanand Bhokta.{{cite news|title=THE MINISTERS OF STATE CABINET| publisher = Daily Pioneer|author= Mrituanjay Kumar| url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/the-ministers-of-state-cabinet.html| date= 30 December 2019}}
The Enforcement Directorate conducted raids at premises linked to his son in alleged liquor scam in August 2023. The Congress leaders denied the allegations and slammed the BJP government for the searches.
| class ="wikitable" |
| SI No.
! Year ! Lok Sabha ! Constituency ! Margin !colspan="2"|Party ! Post |
|---|
| 1.
|2004 |14th |90,255 |{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
=[[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]=
Awards
- He received President Police Medal during his Police Service.{{cite news | url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/india/jharkhand-bureaucrat-turned-politician-rameshwar-oraon-of-congress-has-received-police-medal-from-pr-2136990 | title=झारखंड : नौकरशाह से नेता बने कांग्रेस के रामेश्वर उरांव राष्ट्रपति से पा चुके हैं पुलिस मेडल | trans-title=Jharkhand bureaucrat turned politician Remeshwar Oraon of Congress has received police medal from PR | date=22 November 2019 | publisher=NDTV | accessdate=28 January 2020 }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060529043041/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/homepage.asp?mpsno=4072 Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website]
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Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Jharkhand
Category:People from Lohardaga district
Category:Lok Sabha members from Jharkhand
Category:People from Palamu district