Name Peter Marbaniang Role Politician | Nationality Indian Religion Catholic Children Ampareen Lyngdoh | |
Died September 29, 1997, Shillong | ||
Shillong Constituency Meghalaya loksabha Election Result 1991 Peter G. Marbaniang INC
Peter Garnett Marbaniang was an Indian politician from the Indian state of Meghalaya. He was a representative in the Lok Sabha from 1989 to 1996.. He was a member of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly. He was also the president of the All India Catholic Union from 1994 to 1996.
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- Shillong Constituency Meghalaya loksabha Election Result 1991 Peter G Marbaniang INC
- Parliamentary Career
- Political Career
- Christian leader
- Education
- Legacy
- References
Parliamentary Career
Peter G Marbaniang represented the Shillong Lok Sabha Constituency of Meghalaya from 1989 to 1996 in the Lok Sabha He was elected from the Shillong constituency in 1988 to the Ninth Lok Sabha with 148,657 votes, or 50.77% of the total, running on the Indian National Congress ticket. He was re-elected in 1991 to the Tenth Lok Sabha with 144,895 votes, or 48.75% or the total. In the Lok Sabha, he was a member of committees on Public Accounts, Public Undertakings, Transport and Tourism, Business Advisory and General Purposes. In 1988 he was a member of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Canberra.
Political Career
He was a member of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly between 1972 and 1983. He served as a minister in the State government from 1975 to 1983. He was re-elected to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly between 1988 and 1989, serving as Speaker of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly.
Christian leader
Marbaniang was a member of the All India Catholic Union (AICU). He was a vice-president during the tenure of Chhotebhai Noronha as president of the union (1990-1994), and in 1990 accompanied Chhotebhai in a meeting of minority leaders with prime minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh. Marbaniang served as President of the AICU from 1994 to 1996, being succeeded by Norbert D'Souza. In May 1995 Marbaniang promised to take up the question of introducing a Christian Marriage Bill in parliament. The purpose was to eliminate injustices in laws related to divorce and adoption by Christians.
In March 1996 the government failed to pass a bill that would extend special statutory benefits to Christians of Dalit origin. Marbaniang had met the prime minister at least ten times and asked repeatedly for the introduction of the Dalit bill. It was withdrawn on a procedural technicality. Marbaniang said the Congress party would have to pay "a heavy price for ignoring the four-decade-old Christian demand" in upcoming general elections. Marbaniang left the party, giving the "dictatorial attitude" of its leadership as his reason.
Education
Peter G Marbaniang was educated at Guwahati University where he received his M.A and L.LB.
Legacy
Peter G. Marbaniang died in Shillong on 29 September 1997 at the age of 58 years. He was a member of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly and Minister of Social Welfare in the State Government at the time of his death. His wife, Q.E. Lyngdoh, died on 20 January 2010 at the age of 71, leaving behind nine children and 19 grandchildren. His son, Robert G. Lyngdoh, was twice elected to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly who served as Home Minister in the State Government . His daughter, Ampareen Lyngdoh, is a member of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly who currently served as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Meghalaya.