Homi F. Daji

Homi F. Daji (5 September 1926 – 14 May 2009) was a member of the 3rd Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Indore constituency of Madhya Pradesh and was a member of the Communist Party of India.

Personal life Daji hailed from the Parsi community. He grew up in poverty. The constituency covered parts of southern Indore, where the 26-year old CPI candidate won more votes from areas such as Gadi Ada (with large Dalit and other lower caste electorates) and Muslim mahallas. He obtained 16,702 votes (60.50%). Daji, leading the Mazdoor Union, defeated the Indore Mill Mazdoor Sangh general secretary Gangaram Tiwari. Whilst Daji was known as a communist leader, he contested on an independent ticket. Daji obtained 95,682 votes (41.68%).

Daji lost the Indore seat to the Indian National Congress candidate P.C. Sethi in the 1967 Indian general election. Daji finished in second place with 100,350 votes (32.54%). But whilst Sethi won in the rural areas of the constituency, Daji's vote share in the urban areas was 4.4 percent points higher than that of Sethi.

Return to the Legislative Assembly Daji re-entered the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the 1972 election, being elected from the Indore-2 constituency. He obtained 39,154 votes (79.54%), defeating the candidates of the BJS, the Hindu Mahasabha, and a number of independents.

Later elections As of 1977 Daji was the Madhya Pradesh secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress.

Daji finished in third place in the Indore Lok Sabha constituency in the 1977 Indian general election, obtaining 29,725 votes (8.45%).

In the 1980 Indian general election he contested the Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency, finishing in third place with 24,370 votes (6.31%). In the same year he finished in second place in the Indore II constituency in the 1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, obtaining 15,247 votes (29.64%).

Bhopal disaster Daji referred to the 1984 Bhopal gas leak as "a callous man-made tragedy of unparalleled dimensions".

In CPI leadership As of 1987, Daji was part of the 9-member Central Executive Committee of CPI. As of 1989 Daji was a member of a number of leadership bodies of CPI; Trade Union Department, the committee for the People's Publishing House and the Lawyers' Committee in Madhya Pradesh.