Jayanta Mallabaruah is an Indian politician from the state of

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. He was a two term member of the

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, from 2011 to 2016 and 2021 to present. He has been appointed Cabinet Minister in the Government of Assam headed by Chief Minister Dr.

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. Mallabaruah currently holds the portfolio of Public Health Engineering, Skill, Employment & Entrepreneurship and Tourism. Before this he was the Political Secretary to the Chief Minister of Assam. In 2017, he was appointed the Chairman of the Assam Tourism Development Corporation. During his tenure as Chairman of ATDC he drew attention by holding the

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award show in Assam, the first time that the show was held outside

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in its 65-year history.

Constituency

Baruah represented the Nalbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency). Baruah won the seat on an

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ticket, beating the sitting Member of the

Alaka Sarma from 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 ...

by about 9000 votes. In the legislative assembly election of 2021, Jayanta Malla Baruah won No.59 Nalbari Constituency as a member of the

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, defeating Shri Pradyut Bhuyan of the

party.

Political party

Baruah was a member of the

, but in 2015 he switched party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Baruah was later denied a ticket from a party to contest the

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. Later he served as the Chairman of Assam Tourism Corporation.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baruah, Jayanta Malla Living people Assam MLAs 2011–2016 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam Assam MLAs 2021–2026 1971 births