Radhakanta Sethy (born in 1959/1960[1]) is an Indian politician and trade unionist.
Radhakanta Sethy | |
|---|---|
 Radhakanta Sethy | |
| Member: Orissa Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1990–1995 | |
| Constituency | Pattamundai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960 (age 63–64) |
| Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation |
| Other political affiliations | Orissa Communist Party, Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Profession | Politician |
Sethy is the son of Binakar Sethy. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pattamundai College in 1982. He lives in Banto, Kendrapara district.[2]
Sethy was elected to the Orissa Legislative Assembly in 1990. He stood as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate in the Pattamundai seat, obtaining 35,861 votes (43.96% of the votes in the constituency).[3] He was the sole CPI(M) candidate elected to the assembly.[3] Sethy left the CPI(M), and on 19 September 1991 he requested to be recognised as an independent assembly member. He subsequently joined the Orissa Communist Party, and on 4 March 1992 he requested to be recognised an OCP member in the assembly.[4]
He lost the Pattamundai seat in the 1995 Orissa Legislative Assembly election. He stood as an OCP candidate and finished in third place with 15,493 votes (14.34%).[5] Sethy contested the 2000 Orissa Legislative Assembly election, standing as an independent candidate in Pattamundai. He finished in third place with 13,079 votes (12.88%).[6]
Sethy joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation in 2002.[7] As of 2008, he was an Orissa State Committee member of the CPI(ML) Liberation.[8][9][10] He is also a leader of the All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), the labour wing of CPI(ML) Liberation.[11][12] The first Orissa state conference of AICCTU, held in 2008, elected Sethi as the general secretary of its Orissa unit.[13] CPI(ML) Liberation fielded him as its candidate in the Kendrapara constituency in the 2009 Orissa Legislative Assembly election. He finished in fifth place, with 552 votes (0.47%).[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Statistical Report On General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa (PDF), Election Commission of India, retrieved 25 June 2014
- ^ myneta.info. KENDRAPARA (SC)→Radhakanta Sethi(Criminal & Asset Declaration)
- ^ a b "Statistical Report On General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ^ Frontline, Vol. 12, Eds. 10-13. S. Rangarajan for Kasturi & Sons. June 1995. p. 43.
- ^ "Statistical Report On General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ^ "Statistical Report On General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ^ Liberation. “Saffron Fascists, Quit India”
- ^ Liberation. Fact-Finding Report on Kandhamal Situation
- ^ BizOdisha. Left –Socialist front should replace Congress and BJP’s pro-liberal economic rule Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The New Indian Express. Intense lobbying for Kendrapara segment
- ^ New Age Weekly. Massive Protest Rally by CTUs in Bhubaneswar
- ^ Liberation. Protest of Unorganized Sector Workers in Odisha
- ^ Liberation. 1st Orissa State Conference of AICCTU