1985-91 |
General-Secretary, Indian National Trade Union Congress (I.N.T.U.C.), Assam |
1986 onwards |
Member, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C. (I)] |
1989-91 |
General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (Indira) [P.C.C.(I)], Assam |
1991 |
Elected to 10th Lok Sabha |
1991-93 |
Union Deputy Minister, Labour |
1993-95 |
Union Deputy Minister, Health and Family Welfare |
1995-96 |
Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare |
1996 |
Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes |
1996-2004 |
Member, Executive Committee, Congress Parliamentary Party (C.P.P.) |
1996-98 |
Member, Committee on Government Assurances |
1996-2004 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation |
1997 onwards |
Vice-President, I.N.T.U.C. |
1998 |
Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
1998-2002 |
Secretary, C.P.P. (two terms) |
1998-99 |
Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals;Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; and Convenor of its Sub-Committee on Monitoring and Implementation of reservation orders in respect of SCs and STs |
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;Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament;Member, Select Committee on the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 1996 ;Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation;Member, Committee on Official Language;Member, Business Advisory Committee |
1999 |
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term) |
1999-2004 |
Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation;Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals |
2000-2004 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation |
2002-04 |
President, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee |
2005-10 |
Chairman (PRO), Congress Organisation Election, U.P. (two terms) |
2008-09 |
Co-ordinater, AICC, Orissa and Jharkhand |
2009 |
Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term) |
Jun. 2009 onwards |
Chief Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha; |
31 Aug. 2009 |
Member, Committee on Energy |
23 Sep. 2009 |
Member, Committee of Privileges;Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation |
Oct. 2009 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals |
July 2011 onwards |
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Development of North Eastern Region; Parliamentary Affairs |