Bhubaneswar Kalita

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Bhubaneswar Kalita
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
10 April 2020
ConstituencyAssam
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
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
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
Assumed office
2004
Preceded byPaban Singh Ghatowar
Succeeded byAnjan Dutta
Personal details
Born (1951-04-01) 1 April 1951 (age 72)
Rangiya, Assam, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
(As of 9 August 2019) [1]
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
Alma materGauhati University

Bhubaneswar Kalita (born 1 April 1951) is an Indian social worker, politician and was a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) elected from Assam being an Indian National Congress candidate. He quit his party on 5 August citing the party is opposed to national interest and is paving its own way for destruction.[2] He joined BJP on 9 August 2019.[3] He Was Elected Unopposed To Rajya Sabha On 18 March As A Bharatiya Janata Party Candidate[4]

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.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Former Congress Rajya Sabha chief whip Bhubaneshwar Kalita joins BJP". The Hindu. PTI. 9 August 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 August 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ↑ "Pankaj Bora". Government of India. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Former Congress Rajya Sabha chief whip Bhubaneshwar Kalita joins BJP". The Hindu. PTI. 9 August 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 August 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ↑ https://www.sentinelassam.com/top-headlines/bhubaneswar-kalita-biswajit-daimary-ajit-kumar-bhuyan-elected-to-rajya-sabha/
  5. ↑ "Rajya Sabha Affidavits". Retrieved 14 October 2015.


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