- Adolf Lu Hitler Marak
Adolf Lu Hitler R. Marak is a politician in the state of
Meghalaya ,India .A member of the
Nationalist Congress Party , he was forest and environment minister in the government ofE.K. Mawlong and then cooperation minister underF.A. Khonglam .He lost his seat in the state assembly in the February 2003 elections.
On
June 27 ,2003 , he was arrested on charges of maintaining links with the banned militant groupAchik National Volunteers' Council [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/06/30/stories/2003063002981300.htm] . He was released on bail about a month later.The following year he lost the
Garo Hills District Council election for the Dengnakpara G.D.C.constituency to Roster Sangma of the congress. [ [http://westgarohills.gov.in/election/mdc2004/result.htm Garo Hills District Council Election 2004 ] ]He lost the 2008 legislative election by just over 300 votes in a close fought battle with Zenith M Sangma by finishing in 2nd place. [ [http://www.jeetegakaun.in/meghalaya_elections_2008/assembly_constituencies/west_garo_hills_district/rangsakona/ncp/shri_adolf_lu_hitler_r_marak.php Shri Adolf Lu Hitler R. Marak : NCP Candidate, Rangsakona, West Garo Hills : Meghalaya Assembly Elections, 2008 ] ]
It may be noted that his name is not particularly curious within Meghalaya, where other local triba politicians are named Lenin R. Marak, Stalin L. Nangmin,
Frankenstein W. Momin, orTony Curtis Lyngdoh. Hitler Marak told the "Hindustan Times ": "Maybe my parents liked the name and hence christened me Hitler... I am happy with my name, although I don't have any dictatorial tendencies."References
External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2800585.stm Voting for Frankenstein] - BBC News article mentioning Marak
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