Chandra Mohan Patowary

Chandra Mohan Patowary
Chandra Mohan Patowary
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2016
Preceded by	Nilamani Sen Deka
Constituency	Dharmapur
	In office; 2006–2011
Preceded by	Nilamani Sen Deka
Succeeded by	Nilamani sen Deka
Constituency	Dharmapur
	In office; 1985–2001
Preceded by	Bhumidhar Barman
Succeeded by	Nilamani Sen Deka
Constituency	Dharmapur
Minister of Transport, Parliamentary Affairs, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship,Industry and Commerce in Government of Assam
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 24 May 2016
President, Asom Gana Parishad
	In office; 21 September 2008 – 14 May 2011
Preceded by	Brindaban Goswami
Succeeded by	Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
Leader of Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly
	In office; 5 September 2007 – 5 September 2010
Preceded by	Vacant
Succeeded by	Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
Personal details
Born	2 October 1955 (age 70)
Citizenship	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2014- present)
Other political; affiliations	Asom Gana Parishad (1985-2014)
Spouse(s)	Rita Chowdhury
Education	M.A., LL.B.

Chandra Mohan Patowary is an Indian politician from Assam. As an MLA, he represented the Dharmapur constituency from 1985-1990,1991-1996,1996-2001,2006-2011,2016-till date and served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2006-2011. He was the Health Minister of Assam from 1985-1990 and Agriculture Minister from 1996-2001. He was the President of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) during 2008-2011.^[2] He resigned owning responsibility for the party's poor performance in the 2011 Assam Legislative Assembly elections.^[3] In 2014, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in presence of then BJP National President Rajnath Singh and State President of BJP Assam Pradesh Shri Sarbananda Sonowal.^[4]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Leader of Opposition". Government of Assam. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
↑ "Patowary out of AGP race". The Telegraph. 23 April 2012.
↑ "AGP President Patowary resigns". The Hindu. 14 May 2011.
↑ "BJP inducts ex-AGP chief Chandra Mohan, shutting alliance talks". The Free Press Journal. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.

External links[edit | edit source]

Official website

[Assamgovt_bio-1] "Leader of Opposition". Government of Assam. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

[2] "Patowary out of AGP race". The Telegraph. 23 April 2012.

[3] "AGP President Patowary resigns". The Hindu. 14 May 2011.

[4] "BJP inducts ex-AGP chief Chandra Mohan, shutting alliance talks". The Free Press Journal. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.

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