Bhubaneswar Kalita

Bhubaneswar Kalita
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 April 2020
ConstituencyAssam
In office
10 April 2014 - 5 August 2019
ConstituencyAssam
In office
2008–2014
Preceded byDwijendra Nath Sharmah
ConstituencyAssam
In office
1990–1996
Succeeded byPrakanta Warissa
ConstituencyAssam
In office
1984–1990
ConstituencyAssam
Member of Parliament In Lok Sabha
In office
1998–1999
Preceded byPrabin Chandra Sharma
Succeeded byBijoya Chakravarty
ConstituencyGauhati
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
In office
2001–2006
ConstituencyRangiya
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Information Technology, Government of Assam
In office
2002–2004
President, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
2004–2014
Preceded byPaban Singh Ghatowar
Succeeded byAnjan Dutta
Personal details
Born (1951-04-01) 1 April 1951 (age 73)
Rangiya, Assam, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
(2019-Present) [1]
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
Alma materGauhati University
ProfessionPolitician

Bhubaneswar Kalita (born 1 April 1951) is an Indian social worker, politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party serving as the Member of Rajya Sabha from Assam since 2020, from 2014 to 2019, 2008 to 2014, 1990 to 1996 and 1984 to 1990.[2] He was member of Lok Sabha From 1998 to 1999. Earlier, he was member of Indian National Congress.He was also MLA of Assam from Rangiya from 2001 to 2006 and a minister in the Government of Assam from 2002 to 2004 and president of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee from 2004 to 2014.

He has completed Masters in Arts in 1974 and L.L.B. in 1978 from Gauhati University. Earlier he had studied B.A. from Cotton College, Guwahati in 1971 and had done Matriculation from Rangia High School at Rangia in 1967.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Former Congress Rajya Sabha chief whip Bhubaneshwar Kalita joins BJP". The Hindu. PTI. 9 August 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Bhubaneswar Kalita, Biswajit Daimary, Ajit Kumar Bhuyan elected to Rajya Sabha - Sentinelassam". 19 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Rajya Sabha Affidavits". Retrieved 14 October 2015.


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