Jagadish Bhuyan
Jagadish Bhuyan | |
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Jagadish Bhuyan, Politician | |
| Constituency | Sadiya |
| Tourism Minister of Assam | |
| In office 1998–2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Assam Jatiya Parishad (2020–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Bharatiya Janata Party (2015–2019), Asom Gana Parishad (1995–2015) |
| Occupation | Politician, Activist |
| Website | jagadishbhuyan.in |
Jagadish Bhuyan is an Indian student leader and politician associated with the Assam Movement, who served two terms as an MLA of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Sadiya legislative assembly constituency in Tinsukia district during 1996-2006, and as tourism minister in the Prafulla Kumar Mahanta government from 1996 to 2001. Originally a leader in the Asom Gana Parishad, in June 2015 he abandoned the faltering AGP for the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as the chairman of Assam Petro-Chemicals until 2019.