Debabrata Saikia

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Debabrata Saikia
Leader of the Opposition, Shri Debabrata Saikia in Prime Minister's Office.jpg
Official Portrait, 2016
Leader of the Opposition
Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 May 2016
Residence Guwahati
Education Calcutta University
OccupationPolitician
Website www.debabratasaikia.in

Debabrata Saikia (born 14 December 1964) is an Indian politician serving as the Leader of Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly since 2016. He has represented Nazira Assembly constituency since 2011. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Assam, Hiteswar Saikia, and of former minister in the Government of Assam, Hemoprova Saikia. [1]

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Early and personal life

Saikia was born on 14 December 1964, at Nazira, Sivasagar, Assam. He is the son of Hiteswar Saikia, who was the Chief Minister of Assam from 1983 to 1985, and again from 1991 to 1996, and of Hemoprova Saikia, who was a senior minister in the Assam government during the First Tarun Gogoi Ministry from 2001 to 2006. Saikia graduated from Calcutta University with a BA degree. [1] He married Bandana Saikia, with whom he has two children, Luit and Krishnika. His father served five-terms as a MLA in the Assam Legislative Assembly from Nazira, and was appointed by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi as the first Governor of Mizoram after the Mizoram Peace Accord, serving from 1987 to 1989. His mother served two-terms as MLA of Nazira from 1996 to 2006. [2]

Political career

Saikia entered politics in 1991 through the Assam Pradesh Youth Congress, serving as General Secretary from 1992 to 1993 and as Vice President from 1993 to 1996. [1] He was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly from Nazira in 2011, [2] and was re-elected in 2016 and 2021. In 2016, Saikia was elected as the Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly by a vote of the legislators of the Congress party. [1] He temporarily lost the position in 2021 after the resignation of some Congress legislators who ended up joining the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. [1] [3] [4] However, Saikia was reinstated as the Leader of the Opposition after he appealed to the Guwahati High Court. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "To take on BJP in Assam assembly, Congress banks on ex-Chief Minister Saikia's son". The Indian Express . Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Santosh, Saikia children in Cong poll family". The Indian Express . Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Digital, Sentinel (4 January 2021). "Congress leader Debabrata Saikia loses Leader of Opposition position in Assam Assembly - Sentinel Assam". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Congress MLA Debabrata Saikia loses status of Leader of Opposition in Assam Assembly". The Hindu. 5 January 2021. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Debabrata Saikia reinstated as Assam Opposition leader". The Hindu. 4 February 2021. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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