Binod Hazarika is an Indian politician and a
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
politician from Assam. He was elected in
2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election
The Assam Legislative Assembly Election of 2016 was held in two phases, on 4 and 11 April 2016, to elect members of the 126 constituencies in Assam, a state in North-eastern India. The overall voter turnout was 84.72%, which set a new record for ...
from
Chabua
Chabua (IPA: or ) is a town and a town area committee in Dibrugarh district in the state of Assam, India. Chabua is situated in between Dibrugarh town and Tinsukia town on NH-37 from both the district towns, respectively. Its name derives from ...
.
In protests against the
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019. It amended the Citizenship Act, 1955 by providing a pathway to Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities from Afghanistan, Banglades ...
in December 2019 a group of demonstrators set fire to his house.
In May 2021 he was elected as
MLA for
Lahowal.
References
Living people
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam
Assam MLAs 2016–2021
People from Lakhimpur district
Year of birth missing (living people)
Assam MLAs 2021–2026
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