Radhakanta Sethy

Radhakanta Sethy
Member: Orissa Legislative Assembly
In office
1990–1995
Constituency Pattamundai
Personal details
Born 1960 (age 57–58)
Political party Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
Other political
affiliations		 Orissa Communist Party, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Profession Politician

Radhakanta Sethy (born in 1959/1960[1]) is an Indian politician and trade unionist.

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][5]

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%).[6] 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%).[7]

Sethy joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation in 2002.[8] As of 2008, he was an Orissa State Committee member of the CPI(ML) Liberation.[9][10][11] He is also a leader of the All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), the labour wing of CPI(ML) Liberation.[12][13] The first Orissa state conference of AICCTU, held in 2008, elected Sethi as the general secretary of its Orissa unit.[14] 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

  1. 1 2 Statistical Report On General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa (PDF), Election Commission of India, retrieved 25 June 2014
  2. ↑ myneta.info. KENDRAPARA (SC)→Radhakanta Sethi(Criminal & Asset Declaration)
  3. 1 2 "Statistical Report On General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Gajrani, S. (2004). History, Religion and Culture of India. Gyan Publishing House. p. 171. ISBN 978-81-8205-063-1.
  5. ↑ Frontline, Vol. 12, Eds. 10-13. S. Rangarajan for Kasturi & Sons. June 1995. p. 43.
  6. ↑ "Statistical Report On General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Statistical Report On General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Liberation. “Saffron Fascists, Quit India”
  9. ↑ Liberation. Fact-Finding Report on Kandhamal Situation
  10. ↑ BizOdisha. Left –Socialist front should replace Congress and BJP’s pro-liberal economic rule Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ The New Indian Express. Intense lobbying for Kendrapara segment
  12. ↑ New Age Weekly. Massive Protest Rally by CTUs in Bhubaneswar
  13. ↑ Liberation. Protest of Unorganized Sector Workers in Odisha
  14. ↑ Liberation. 1st Orissa State Conference of AICCTU
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