Jayanta Malla Baruah

Jayanta Malla Baruah is an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He was a two term member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2016 and 2021 to present .[1]

Jayanta Malla Baruah
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
21 May 2021
Preceded byAshok Sarma
ConstituencyNalbari
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
In office
2011–2016
Preceded byAlaka Sarma
Succeeded byAshok Sarma
ConstituencyNalbari
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Alma materB Borooah College
OccupationPolitician

Constituency

Baruah represented the Nalbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency). Baruah won the seat on an Indian National Congress ticket beating the sitting Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly Alaka Sarma from the Asom Gana Parishad by about 9000 votes.[2] In the recent legislative assembly election 2021,Jayanta Malla Baruah won No.59 Nalbari Constituency from BJP defeating Shri Pradyut Bhuyan of Indian National Congress.

Political party

Baruah was from the Indian National Congress but in 2015 he switched party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.[3] Baruah was later denied a ticket from a party to fight the 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election.[4] Later he served as the Chairman of Assam Tourism Corporation.At present day he is a prominent leader of BJP Assam Pradesh.

References
  1. "Jayanta Malla Baruah Member Assam Legislative Assembly". assamassembly.nic.in.
  2. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Nalbari Assembly Constituency". elections.in.
  3. "Nalbari BJP welcomes Jayanta Malla". eastern-today.com.
  4. "BJP changes candidates in two seats, Jayanta Malla denied ticket". sentinelassam.com.
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