10 Facts About Sitaram Kesri

Sitaram Kesri was an Indian politician and parliamentarian.

Sitaram Kesri became a union minister and served as President of the Indian National Congress from 1996 to 1998.

Sitaram Kesri was arrested for his political activities several times between 1930 and 1942.

Sitaram Kesri was a part of the famous Young Turks of Bihar Congress during the independence movement along with Bindeshwari Dubey, Bhagwat Jha Azad, Chandrashekhar Singh, Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Kedar Pandey and Abdul Ghafoor – all future Chief Ministers of Bihar.

Sitaram Kesri was elected president of the Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee in 1973 and treasurer of the All India Congress Committee in 1980.

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Sitaram Kesri was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Katihar Lok Sabha Constituency in 1967 as a candidate of Congress party.

Sitaram Kesri represented Bihar in the Rajya Sabha for five terms between July 1971 and April 2000, being reelected in April 1974, July 1980, April 1988, and April 1994.

Sitaram Kesri served as treasurer of the Congress party for more than a decade.

Sitaram Kesri was denied party candidature for the Rajya Sabha once his last term ended in April 2000.

Narasimha Rao stepped down as president of the Congress in September 1996, Sitaram Kesri was appointed as the new president of the Indian National Congress.