Jayanta Malla Baruah

Jayanta Malla Baruah
Cabinet Minister, Government of Assam
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 June 2022
Chief MinisterHimanta Biswa Sarma
Portfolios
  • Public Health Engineering
  • Industries and Commerce
  • Skill Employment and Entrepreneurship
  • Tourism
Preceded byRanjeet Kumar Dass (PHE)
Chandra Mohan Patowary (Industries and Commerce, Skill Employment and Entrepreneurship)
Bimal Bora (Tourism)
Chairman, Assam Tourism Development Corporation
In office
24 May 2017 – 8 March 2021
Succeeded byRituparna Baruah
Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 May 2011
Preceded byAshok Sarma
ConstituencyNalbari
In office
13 May 2011 – 19 May 2011
Preceded byAlaka Sarma
Succeeded byAshok Sarma
Personal details
Born (1971-10-23) 23 October 1971 (age 53)
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (from 2015)
Indian National Congress (until 2015)
SpouseJulee Deka Baruah
Children2
Alma materB. Borooah College
OccupationPolitician

Jayanta Mallabaruah 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] He has been appointed Cabinet Minister in the Government of Assam headed by Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma.[2]

Mallabaruah currently holds the portfolio of Public Health Engineering, Skill, Employment & Entrepreneurship and Tourism.[3] Before this he was the Political Secretary to the Chief Minister of Assam.[4] In 2017, he was appointed the Chairman of the Assam Tourism Development Corporation. During his tenure as Chairman of ATDC he drew attention by holding the Filmfare award show in Assam, the first time that the show was held outside Mumbai in its 65-year history.

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.[5] In the legislative assembly election of 2021, Jayanta Malla Baruah won No.59 Nalbari Constituency as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, defeating Shri Pradyut Bhuyan of the Indian National Congress party.

Political party

Baruah was a member of the Indian National Congress, but in 2015 he switched party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.[6] Baruah was later denied a ticket from a party to contest the 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election.[7] Later he served as the Chairman of Assam Tourism Corporation.

References

  1. ^ "Jayanta Malla Baruah | Assam Assembly Election Results Live, Candidates News, Videos, Photos". News18. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Jayanta Malla Baruah, Nandita Garlosa sworn in as ministers in Assam Cabinet". newsonair.gov.in. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  3. ^ Time, Pratidin (10 June 2022). "Assam: Jayanta Malla Baruah Assumes Charge as New Cabinet Minister". Pratidin Time. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  4. ^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (11 May 2021). "Jayanta Malla Baruah Appointed as Political Secretary to the Chief Minister Assam - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 30 June 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Nalbari Assembly Constituency". elections.in.
  6. ^ "Nalbari BJP welcomes Jayanta Malla". eastern-today.com.
  7. ^ "BJP changes candidates in two seats, Jayanta Malla denied ticket". sentinelassam.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.