From 1979 Jagadish Bhuyan was an active member and eventually became the Central Executive Member of the All Assam Students' Union and later of the National Student Co-ordination Committee of which the AASU was a part.[citation needed]
Public office
In 1995 he joined the AGP,and in 1996 Assam Legislative Assembly was elected as the youngest MLA of that session of the Assembly. In the year of 1998,he became Minister of Tourism;he was re-elected as MLA in 2001.
He remained active in the AGP,but in 2015 announced that he and several other senior AGP leaders from the Tinsukia region were leaving the party,stating "I have lost faith in the AGP which has become directionless... [t]he BJP,on the other hand,is the right party to fight for the cause of Assam."[1]
In 2015,Jagadish Bhuyan joined Bharatiya Janata Party and was an executive member of BJP Assam Pradesh.[2] On 13 December 2019 after BJP led NDA government passed Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) and made it the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on 12 December,Mr. Bhuyan resigned from the Primary Membership of BJP. At that moment he was holding the post of Chairman of Assam Petrochemicals Limited with Cabinet Minister Rank.[3][4]
All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) were at the forefront of the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA),2019 stir in the state and espouse the protection of the rights of the indigenous communities in Assam have formed a new political party namely Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP). Mr. Jagadish Bhuyan is appointed coordinator by Basanta Deka and Krishna Gopal Bhattacharjya convenors of AJP on 14 September 2020.[5][6][7]
Social life
He started his social life in 1979 as the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) activist of the Kakapather Anchalik Committee. From 1979 to 1987,he worked in a different post in the undivided All Dibrugarh District Student Union &Tinsukia District Student Union. In 1987 he became a Central Executive Member of All Assam Student Union. He worked as Finance Secretary and Vice President of the AASU Central Executive Committee.
In 1992,he became Member Secretary of the National Student Co-ordination Committee and worked in this post till 1994. This organization consisted of All Assam Student Union,Sikh Student Federation,All Arunachal Pradesh Student Union,Naga Student Federation,Mizo Zirloipoul,Tribal Student Federation of Tripura,All Manipur Student Union,Khasi Student Union,Uttarakhand Mahasabha,Uttarakhand Student Front and Panther Student Organization,Jammu and Kashmir. The said organization worked for the restructuring of the Indian Constitution and mobilized public opinion in favor of a strong federal structure of a union of India along with all regional student organizations of the country. From 1991 to 1995 he worked against violation of human rights.[8]
Political life
He joined active politics in 1995 by joining Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and was nominated as a central executive member of it.
In the 1996 General Assembly Election he contested from Sadiya Constituency. He was elected as the youngest MLA at the age of 30 years. In the year 1998,he became the Minister of Tourism,in Assam. In 2001,he was elected as MLA for the second time. In 2004,he was nominated as spokesperson and member of the steering committee of AGP. From 2008 to 2012 he was nominated as general secretary of the party.
In 2011,after another poor showing of AGP in the state assembly election,he along with some of his colleagues started a reform process of the party. His initiatives were supported by many leading intellectuals of the state. However,he failed to motivate the top leadership to reform and restructure the party. In frustration,some of his colleagues left the AGP and joined other political parties. Jagadish Bhuyan too resigned from the primary membership of AGP and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the executive member of BJP,Assam Pradesh.
On 7 June 2015,after stating "I have lost faith in the AGP which has become directionless and was shrinking each passing day. The BJP,on the other hand,is the right party to fight for the cause of Assam..." Jagadish Bhuyan along with several senior leaders of the AGP left to join the BJP.
Jagadish Bhuyan was appointed Chairman of Assam Petrochemicals Limited by the current BJP government in Assam and conferred Cabinet Minister status.
On 13 December 2019 Friday,Mr. Bhuyan announced his resignation from the party and all posts protesting the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill,2019. "When I saw the revised CAA was against Assamese people,I decided to quit. From now I will take part in anti-citizen law protests," said Bhuyan.[9][10] In December 2020 he was appointed the secretary of the newly formed regional political party Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP).[11]
Cultural life
Mr. Jagadish Bhuyan was also involved in acting from childhood &later on,he acted in many Assamese Featured Films &TV Serial as co-actor.
He acted in featured films likes Daag,Kanyadaan,Seuji Dharani Dhuniya,Bidhata,Aami Asomiya,Bholaborar Dinlipi etc.
Chairman of Assam Petro –Chemicals Ltd
Jagadish Bhuyan serves as Chairman of Assam Petro-Chemicals Ltd since 7 March 2017.[12]
Dangari Fake Encounter Case
A Summary General Court Martial (SGCM) of the Indian Army has convicted seven personnel,including a Major General,in a 24-year-old fake encounter case,sentencing them to life in prison.[citation needed]
Major General A.K. Lal,Colonel Thomas Mathew,Colonel R.S. Sibiren,Captain Dilip Singh,Captain Jagdeo Singh,Naik Albindar Singh and Naik Shivendar Singh have been awarded life imprisonment for their involvement in a fake encounter case in Assam's Tinsukia district dating back to 1994. Nine youths were picked up by the Army from different areas of Tinsukia district on 18 February 1994,on suspicion that they were involved in the killing of a top tea garden executive. The soldiers killed five of the youths in a fake encounter,branding them as ULFA militants a few days after the incident while releasing the other four.[citation needed]
Jagadish Bhuyan relentlessly pursued the legal battle against the extrajudicial killings for 24-odd years and won the case in 2017. Jagadish Bhuyan had filed a Habeas Corpus petition in the Gauhati High Court on 22 February of the same year,seeking the whereabouts of the youths. The High Court asked the Indian Army to produce the nine AASU (All Assam Students Union) leaders at the nearest police station. The Army produced five bodies at the Dholla Police Station.[citation needed]
The court martial process began on 16 July 2018 and concluded on 27 July 2018.[13]
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Setu
Mr. Jagadish Bhuyan,the then MLA of Sadiya wrote the first letter to the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 2003 for a bridge connecting Dhola with Sadiya. Mr. Bhuyan continuously pursued for three years with the Central Government for this strategic bridge. The bridge was finally constructed in 14 years and inaugurated by Prime Minister of India,Narendra Modi in 2017. This bridge is named Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Setu.[14]
Methanol for Cooking
The Assam Petrochemicals Limited (APL) started a pilot project on 5 October 2018 on the use of methanol as an alternative to cooking gas. APL Chairman,Jagadish Bhuyan and NITI Aayog's Dr. VK Saraswat played a vital role in launching this project. "We will launch the pilot project at our APL township on October 5. If it is a success,we will launch it commercially," said Jagadish Bhuyan. [15][16][17]
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