Prafulla Kumar Mahanta is an Indian politician who was the leader of the Assam Movement,and the 11th Chief Minister of Assam from 1985 to 1990 and again from 1996 to 2001 and the co-founder and former President of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP),a major political party in the Indian state of Assam. He was representing the Barhampur constituency in Assam Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 2021 and Nowgong constituency from 1985 to 1991. He also served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2014 and again from 1991 to 1996.He became the chief minister in the state when the AGP came to power in 1985,becoming the youngest Chief Minister of an Indian state. He is also a former president of the All Assam Students Union,an organization that spearheaded the Assam Movement from 1979 to 1985.In August 2005,his membership in the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) was terminated. So,he floated a new political party,Asom Gana Parishad (Progressive) on 15 September 2005.
The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Dispur,the capital city of Assam,geographically situated in present Western Assam region. The Legislative Assembly comprises 126 Members of Legislative Assembly,directly elected from single-seat constituencies. Its term is five years,unless sooner dissolved.
Rameswar Teli is an Indian politician and member of Bharatiya Janata Party who is currently serving as a Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha representing Dibrugarh since 2014 and the Minister of State of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Labour and Employment in the Modi ministry since 2021. Previously,he served as the Minister of State for Ministry of Food Processing Industries from 2019 to 2020 and a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Duliajan from 2001 to 2011.
Jania is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly in India. Jania forms part of the Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency.
Zabed Islam is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly from Mankachar in the 2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election as an Independent member.
Aziz Ahmed Khan is an Indian politician. In 2016,he was elected as MLA of Karimganj South Vidhan Sabha constituency in Assam Legislative Assembly. He is an All India United Democratic Front politician. Just before the 2021 Assembly election,he resigned from the AIUDF and joined the Asom Gana Parishad,but lost to Siddeque Ahmed in the election.
Gul Akhtara Begum is an Indian politician. In 2011 she was elected as MLA of Bilasipara East Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Assam Legislative Assembly. She was an All India United Democratic Front politician. She joined Indian National Congress in 2016.
Jahan Uddin is an Indian politician. In 2011 he was elected as MLA of Dhubri Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Assam Legislative Assembly. He is an All India United Democratic Front politician.
Monowar Hussain is an Indian politician. In 2011 he was elected as MLA of Goalpara East Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Assam Legislative Assembly. He was an All India United Democratic Front politician. He joined Indian National Congress in 2016.
Swapan Kar is an Indian politician. In 2011 he was elected as MLA of Lumding Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Assam Legislative Assembly.
Ali Hossain is an Indian politician. In 2011 he was elected as MLA of Sarukhetri Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Assam Legislative Assembly. He is an All India United Democratic Front politician.
Guneswar Das is an Indian politician. In 2011 he was elected as MLA of Raha Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Assam Legislative Assembly. He is an All India United Democratic Front politician.
Sheikh Shah Alam is an Indian politician. In 2001 and 2011 he was elected as MLA of Goalpara West Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Assam Legislative Assembly. He was an All India United Democratic Front politician. He joined Asom Gana Parishad on 5 July 2019.
Kutub Ahmed Mazumder was an Indian teacher and politician from Assam belonging to Indian National Congress. He was a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly.
Pranab Kumar Gogoi was an Indian lawyer and politician from Assam belonging to Indian National Congress. He was elected four times as a legislator of the Assam Legislative Assembly. He also served as the speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly and minister of the Government of Assam.
Gautam Roy is a politician of the Hailakandi District of Assam. He was six times MLA from Katlicherra constituency. He was also minister in Hiteswar Saikia and the Tarun Gogoi led Congress ministry several times. Gautam Roy was the vice president of BCCI and also the president of Assam Cricket Association. Currently he is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Rameswar Dhanowar was an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He was a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Indian National Congress for Digboi. He was made a minister in Hiteswar Saikia and Tarun Gogoi’s cabinet.
Tanka Bahadur Rai is an Indian National Congress politician from the state of Assam. He was a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Indian National Congress for Barchalla. He was Deputy Speaker and then Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly. He was also a minister in the Tarun Gogoi cabinet.
Ibrahim Ali Chatuli was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar,politician and social reformer. He was the Education Minister of Assam Legislative Council,and an elected Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly belonging to the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind political party. His constituency joined the East Bengal Legislative Assembly after the Partition of India in 1947.
Bhimananda Tanti is an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He is a former Member of Assam Legislative Assembly and a former Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.
