S.K. Dey, the first Union minister for Community Development, Cooperation and Panchayati Raj, was, undoubtedly an original political thinker who made a significant contribution to Modern Indian Political Thought. However, this facet of his life remains eclipsed and ignored because he remained out of power after his resignation from the Union Cabinet in 1966. This brief paper is a modest attempt to bring to the sharp focus the significant contribution that S.K. Dey had made in this context.