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'''Rabi Ray''' (26 November 1926 – 6 March 2017) was an | '''Rabi Ray''' (26 November 1926 – 6 March 2017) was an Indian socialist politician, a Gandhian, a [[speaker of the Lok Sabha]] and a former Union minister. He hailed from [[Odisha]]. He joined the [[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]] in 1948, and later became member of the [[Samyukta Socialist Party]], the [[Janata Party]] and the [[Janata Dal]].<ref name="speaker">{{cite web|url=http://speakerloksabha.gov.in/former/rabiray.asp|title=Former speakers - Rabi Ray|publisher=The Speaker, Lok Sabha official website|access-date=21 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-lok-sabha-speaker-rabi-ray-passes-away/articleshow/57495889.cms|title=Former Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray passes away|date=2017-03-06|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-02-16}}</ref> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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In 1989, he was re-elected to the [[9th Lok Sabha]] from the [[Kendrapara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kendrapara constituency]] in Orissa as a Janata Dal candidate. On 19 December 1989, he was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 9th Lok Sabha. In 1991, he was re-elected to the [[10th Lok Sabha]] from the same constituency.<ref name="speaker"/> Rabi Ray, who was empowered with an inherent simplicity and integrity, added to the prestige and dignity of the office of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha through his unbiased approach. | In 1989, he was re-elected to the [[9th Lok Sabha]] from the [[Kendrapara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kendrapara constituency]] in Orissa as a Janata Dal candidate. On 19 December 1989, he was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 9th Lok Sabha. In 1991, he was re-elected to the [[10th Lok Sabha]] from the same constituency.<ref name="speaker"/> Rabi Ray, who was empowered with an inherent simplicity and integrity, added to the prestige and dignity of the office of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha through his unbiased approach. | ||
In 1990, when some [[Janata Dal]] MPs left [[Janata Dal]] to join [[Chandra Shekhar]], Rabi Ray sent notices to them under [[Anti-defection law (India)|Anti-defection law]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Order, order! Disorder too!|url=https://www.theweek.in/columns/prasannan/order-order-disorder-too.html|access-date=2021-12-28|website=theweek.in}}</ref> Cabinet Minister [[Subramanian Swamy]] threatened Rabi Ray in his chambers to send him to jail, Swamy was reacting to Ray's unwillingness to give 37 [[Janata Dal (Secular)|Janata Dal (S)]] MPs more time to explain why some of them should not be disqualified.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Re. Alleged threat to the Speaker, Lok Sabha, by Shri Subramaniam Swamy, A Union Minister: contd.|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/handle/123456789/811651?view_type=browse|url-status=live|website=Lok Sabha Digital Library}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=January 31|first=Paranjoy Guha Thakurta|last2=January 31|first2=1991 ISSUE DATE:|last3=September 23|first3=1991UPDATED:|last4=Ist|first4=2013 13:20|title=Subramanian Swamy embarrasses himself by threatening Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19910131-subramanian-swamy-embarrasses-himself-by-threatening-lok-sabha-speaker-rabi-ray-813942-1991-01-31|access-date=2021-12-28|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> But Ray unseated those MPs.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
== Later years and social work == | == Later years and social work == | ||