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

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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

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in December 2019 a group of demonstrators set fire to his house. In May 2021 he was elected as MLA for Lahowal.

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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 {{Assam-BJP-politician-stub