Senior
Congress leader and an Old Sherwoodian
Jitendra Prasada, who suffered a massive
brain haemorrhage a week ago, died in New
Delhi on 16th. January 2001 at 12:15 am
following a cardiac arrest. During his stay
in hospital several senior leaders, including
President K.R. Narayanan and Congress
president Sonia Gandhi called on him. He came
sharply into the public gaze when he tried to
swim against the tide by challenging the
leadership of Congress president Sonia
Gandhi.
B.Sc.(Agriculture); I.N.C. (Uttar Pradesh);
Son of Kunwar Jyoti Prasada and Shrimati
Pamela Devi;
Born at Lucknow, November 12, 1938;
Educated.
at (i) Sherwood College, Nainital, (ii)
Colvin Taluqdars College, Lucknow and (iii)
Agricultural Institute, Allahabad;
Married to
Shrimati Kanta Prasada, January 27, 1973;
Agriculturist; President, Uttar Pradesh
Congress Committee since January 5, 1995;
Vice-President, AICC, June, 1997 to April,
1998; Chairman, Co-operative Bank,
Shahjahanpur; Vice-Chairman, Jawaharlal Nehru
Centenary Celebration Committee, Cabinet
Secretariat; General Secretary, AICC, 1985;
Political Secretary to (i) Shri Rajiv Gandhi,
Congress President and (ii) Shri P.V.
Narasimha Rao, Congress President; Member, (i)
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, 1970-71,
(ii) 5th Lok Sabha, 1971-77, (iii) 7th Lok
Sabha, 1980-84, (iv) 8th Lok Sabha, 1984-89,
(v) Indian Delegation to the United Nations
General Assembly, 1983, (vi) Congress Working
Committee, 1992 and 1997, (vii) Estimates
Committee, 1980-82, (viii) Committee of
Privileges, 1994-96, (ix) Committee on Home
Affairs, 1995-97, (x) Committee on Commerce,
(xi) Committee on Public Undertakings and
(xii) Consultative Committee for the Ministry
of Commerce; elected to the Rajya Sabha in
April, 1994.
Senior
Congress leader and an Old Sherwoodian
Jitendra Prasada, who suffered a massive
brain haemorrhage a week ago, died in New
Delhi on 16th. January 2001 at 12:15 am
following a cardiac arrest. During his stay
in hospital several senior leaders, including
President K.R. Narayanan and Congress
president Sonia Gandhi called on him. He came
sharply into the public gaze when he tried to
swim against the tide by challenging the
leadership of Congress president Sonia
Gandhi.
