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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Nand Kumar Sai<br />
| image = Nand Kumar Sai 2018 (cropped).JPG<br />
| caption = Nand Kumar Sai, 2018<br />
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1946|1|1|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place =Bhagora, [[Chhattisgarh]]<br />
| residence =Tapkara, [[Jashpur district|Jashpur]]<br />
| death_date =<br />
| death_place =<br />
| office = [[Chairman]], [[National Commission for Scheduled Tribes]]<br />
| term_start = 28 February 2017<br />
| term_end = 27 February 2020<br />
| constituency = <br />
| term =<br />
| predecessor = [[Rameshwar Oraon]]<br />
| successor = Harsh Chauhan<br />
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Chhattisgarh]]<br />
| term_start1 = 4 August 2009<br />
| term_end1 = 29 June 2016<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Dilip Singh Judeo]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Ramvichar Netam]]<br />
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| office2= [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term_start2 = 22 May 2004<br />
| term_end2 = 21 May 2009<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Khelsai Singh]] <br />
| successor2 = [[Murarilal Singh]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Sarguja (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sarguja]]<br />
| term_start3 = 16 May 1996<br />
| term_end3 = 18 March 1998<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Pushpa Devi Singh]]<br />
| successor3 =[[Ajit Jogi]]<br />
| constituency3 = [[Raigarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raigarh]]<br />
| term_start4 = 1989<br />
| term_end4 = 1991<br />
| predecessor4 = [[Pushpa Devi Singh]]<br />
| successor4 =[[Pushpa Devi Singh]]<br />
| constituency4 = [[Raigarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raigarh]]<br />
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| office5 = [[List of current Indian opposition leaders|Leader of the Opposition]],<br>[[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|term_start5 = 14 December 2000<br />
| term_end5 = 5 December 2003<br />
|predecessor5 = ''Post created''<br />
|successor5 = [[Mahendra Karma]]<br />
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| office6 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency6 = Tapkara, [[Jashpur district|Jashpur]]<br />
| term_start6 = December 1998<br />
| term_end6 = December 2003<br />
| predecessor6 = [[Vishnu Dev Sai]]<br />
| successor6 = Deneshwar Sai<br />
| constituency7 = Tapkara, [[Jashpur district|Jashpur]]<br />
| term_start7 = 1985<br />
| term_end7 = 1989<br />
| predecessor7 = Deneshwar Sai<br />
| successor7 = [[Vishnu Dev Sai]]<br />
| constituency8 = Tapkara, [[Jashpur district|Jashpur]]<br />
| term_start8 = 1977<br />
| term_end8 = 1980<br />
| predecessor8 = Deneshwar Sai<br />
| successor8 = Deneshwar Sai<br />
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| party =[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] <br />
|otherparty = [[Janata Party]]<br />
| spouse = Gulmohar Devi<br />
| children = 3 sons and 4 daughters<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = 25 September |<br />
| year = 2006 |<br />
| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=3401<br />
}}<br />
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'''Nand Kumar Sai''' (born 1 January 1946) is an Indian politician and a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP). He was elected to Lok Sabha, 1989–1991 and 1996–1998, from [[Raigarh (Lok Sabha constituency)]] when it was in Madhya Pradesh. In 2004 he was elected a member of the [[14th Lok Sabha]] representing [[Surguja (Lok Sabha constituency)|Surguja]] constituency of [[Chhattisgarh]]. He{{when|date=July 2014}} was a [[Rajya Sabha]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] from [[Chhattisgarh]] later.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Nand Kumar Sai was born in the small village of Bhagora in the [[Jashpur district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. His father was Likhan Sai and his mother was Rupani Devi. He was born into a family of farmers and went on to secure a master's degree in [[political science]] from the N.E.S. College formerly Ravishankar University.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
Since student life, deeply moved by the economic plight of Adivasies due to the consumption of liquor and dissuaded them from consumption of liquor, he even went to the extent of giving up the consumption of salt in his food since 1970 to dissuade them from consumption of liquor{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}. <br />
He served as the President of: (i) N.E.S. College Students' Union from 1972 to 1973 <br />
(ii) B.J.P. District Raigarh from 1980 to 1982<br />
(iii) B.J.P. [[Madhya Pradesh]] from 1989<br />
(iv) B.J.P. [[Chhattisgarh]] from 2003 to 2004. <br />
He also served as the General Secretary [[B.J.P.]] [[Madhya Pradesh]] from 1986 to 1988. He was the Executive Member [[B.J.P.]] [[Madhya Pradesh]] since 1988. He was the member of National Council of [[B.J.P.]] from 1989 to 1991 and National Executive of [[B.J.P.]]<br />
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==Positions held==<br />
*1977–79 and 1985–89: Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (two terms)<br />
*1977–78 and 1986–88: Member, Privileges Committee, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly <br />
*1978–79: Chairman, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly <br />
*1988–89: Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly <br />
*1989–1991: Ninth Lok Sabha Member, from [[Raigarh (Lok Sabha constituency)]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]]. Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes <br />
*1990–91: Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs <br />
*1996–97: Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha (second term), from [[Raigarh (Lok Sabha constituency)]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
*2000–2004: Member, Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly <br />
*2004–2009: Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha (third term)- Member, from [[Surguja (Lok Sabha constituency)]] in Chhattisgarh. Committee on Private Members Bills and Resolutions Member, Committee on Energy 2004, Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment<br />
*Aug. 2009: Elected to Rajya Sabha <br />
*June 2010: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha. <br />
*Aug. 2010 – May 2014 and Sept. 2014 onward: Member, Committee on Coal and Steel Aug. 2010 – May 2014 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Urban Development May 2012 – May 2014 and Aug. 2014 onwards Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Sept. <br />
*2014 onward: Member, Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table. On 28 February 2017, Nand Kumar Sai assumed charge as chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/homepage.asp?mpsno=3401 Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website]<br />
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