Chandra Mohan Patowary is an Indian politician from

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

. 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 The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...

in the

Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present Western Assam region. The Legislative Assembly comprises 126 Me ...

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 Asom Gana Parishad (translation: ''Assam People's Council'', AGP) is a state political party in Assam, India. The AGP was formed after the historic Assam Accord of 1985 and formally launched at the Golaghat Convention held from 13–14 Octobe ...

(AGP) during 2008-2011. He resigned owning responsibility for the party's poor performance in the

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election The 13th Assam Legislative Assembly election was held in two phases on 4 and 11 April 2011 to elect members from 126 constituencies in Assam, India. The result was announced on 13 May. BJP was accused of turning the anti-immigrant feeling in Ass ...

s. In 2014, he joined the

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 ...

(BJP) in presence of then BJP National President Rajnath Singh and State President of BJP Assam Pradesh Shri Sarbananda Sonowal.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Patowary, Chandra Mohan 1955 births Living people Asom Gana Parishad politicians National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election People from Nalbari district Leaders of the Opposition in Assam Assam MLAs 1985–1991 Assam MLAs 1991–1996 Assam MLAs 1996–2001 Assam MLAs 2006–2011 Assam MLAs 2016–2021 State cabinet ministers of Assam Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam Assam MLAs 2021–2026