Urkhao Gwra Brahma

Urkhao Gwra Brahma
Cabinet Minister, Government of Assam
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 May 2021
Chief Minister	Himanta Biswa Sarma
Departments	Handloom, Textiles and Sericulture Soil Conservation Welfare of Bodoland
Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 May 2021
Preceded by	Thaneswar Basumatary
Constituency	Chapaguri
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 10 April 2002 – 9 April 2008
Constituency	Assam
Personal details
Born	(1963-07-01) 1 July 1963
Political party	United People's Party Liberal (since 2015)
Other political affiliations	Independent (2002–2015)
Website	upplofficial.com

Urkhao Gwra Brahma (born 1 July 1963) is an Indian politician, poet, and the leader of the United People's Party, Liberal (UPPL). He has been serving as the Minister for Handloom, Textile & Sericulture, Soil Conservation, and Welfare of Bodoland Department in the Government of Assam since 2021. Representing the 63 No. Chapaguri constituency in the Assam Legislative Assembly since 2021, he has played a significant role in the political and cultural landscape of Assam.

Previously, he was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from 2002 to 2008 as an Independent candidate. Alongside his political journey, he is deeply involved in literature and was honored with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2014 for his poetry collection उदांनिफ्राय गिदिंबोफिन्नानै (Return from Freedom). In 2015, he founded the UPPL and became its president.

His contributions to Bodo literature have been widely recognized, and on 1 March 2025, he was honored with the prestigious विशिष्ट क्षेत्रीय भाषा सम्मान (बिनेश्वर ब्रह्म शिखर सम्मान) at the BPA Foundation & India Netbooks Sahityakar Sammanotsav 2025 in New Delhi.

External links

• Profile on Rajya Sabha website