Tarun Gogoi was an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 13th Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016. He was the longest serving Chief Minister of Assam. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. During his tenure as the chief minister,he is credited with ending militant insurgency and mitigating violence in addition to improving the state's fiscal condition.
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.
Dip Gogoi is an Indian politician from Assam who was a Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency from 2002 to 2014. He was also the member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Kaliabor constituency from 2001 to 2001 and is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is the brother of former Chief Minister of Assam,Tarun Gogoi.
Kodikunnil Suresh is an Indian politician and Congress Working Committee Member. He is the working-president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He filed his nomination for Loksabha Speaker post as the candidate of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance and contested the 2024 Lok Sabha Speaker Election. He is the chief Whip of Congress Parliamentary Party in Loksabha. He was a former Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment. He is a member of the Eighteenth Lok Sabha representing Mavelikara in Kerala. He has been elected as the member of Lok Sabha for the eighth time. He has also served as the Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
Bhumidhar Barman was an Indian Politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was the shortest-serving Chief Minister of Assam,with a short period of twenty two days from 22 April 1996 to 14 May 1996. He was a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly being elected 7 times. He was first elected in 1967. In 2015,he was made a Cabinet Minister of Assam.
Kesab Chandra Gogoi was an Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of the state of Assam for two months in 1982. For most of his political career,he was a member of Indian National Congress. He was a finance minister in the Assam state cabinet twice and a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Dibrugarh constituency.
Rameswar Teli is an Indian politician and member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha representing Dibrugarh from 2014 to 2024 and the Minister of State of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Labour and Employment in the Modi ministry from 2021 to 2024. 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.
Ravneet Singh Bittu is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of State for Railways and as the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries in the Third Modi ministry. He previously served as the leader of Indian National Congress in Lok Sabha from 11 March 2021 to 18 July 2021. Bittu was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Ludhiana in 2014 and 2019 Indian general elections and earlier from Anandpur Sahib in 2009. He is the grandson of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.
The Assam Legislative Assembly Election of 2016 was held in two phases,on 4 and 11 April 2016,to elect members of the 126 constituencies in Assam,a state in North-eastern India. The overall voter turnout was 84.72%,which set a new record for Assam. The turnout was an increase from the 2011 Assembly election figure of 75%.
The North-East Democratic Alliance is a political coalition that was formed on May 24,2016,by Bharatiya Janata Party. The motive of the new political front was to unite non-Congress parties in Northeast India. Himanta Biswa Sarma was appointed as the convenor of the front.
Titabar Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Titabar is part of Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency.
Pradyut Bordoloi is an Indian National Congress politician from Assam currently serving as the Member of Parliament for Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency since 2019. He was previously a four-term member of the Assam Legislative Assembly representing Margherita from 1998 to 2016,and a minister in the Government of Assam between 2001 and 2015.
The Second Narendra Modi ministry was the Council of Ministers headed by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi that was formed after the 2019 general election which was held in seven phases in 2019. The results of the election were announced on 23 May 2019 and this led to the formation of the 17th Lok Sabha. The oath ceremony was arranged in the courtyards of Rashtrapati Bhavan at Raisina Hill. The heads of the states of BIMSTEC countries were invited as guests of honor for this ceremony.
Rakibul Hussain is an Indian politician. He is serving as Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha from Dhubri. He was Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2021-2024. He was a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Samaguri.
Bismita Gogoi is an Indian politician from the state of Assam who is currently general secretary of All India Mahila Congress in Assam. Gogoi was the member of Assam Legislative Assembly for Khumtai from 2011 to 2016 and culture minister of Assam from 2015 to 2016. She is a member of the Indian National Congress.
Jiba Kanta Gogoi was an Indian National Congress politician from Assam. He served as Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly and twice as minister in the Hiteswar Saikia’s cabinets.
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.
Nilamani Sen Deka is an Indian Politician from the state of Assam. He was a member of Assam Legislative Assembly for Dharmapur from 2001 to 2006 and 2011 to 2016. He also served as agriculture minister from 2011 to 2015.
Ramesh Chandra Barooah was an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He was a member of Assam Legislative Assembly for Dibrugarh. He was twice a cabinet minister,as well as becoming speaker of the assembly in 1972.
Elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly were held in 2001 to elect members of 114 constituencies in Assam,India. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats and Tarun Gogoi was appointed as the Chief Minister of Assam. The number of constituencies was set as 126,by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.
