Kripanath Mallah (born 15 October 1973) is an Indian politician serving as the

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

in the

17th Lok Sabha The 17th Lok Sabha was formed by the members elected in the 2019 Indian general election. Elections, all across India, were conducted in seven phases from 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019 by the Election Commission of India. Counting started offi ...

from

Karimganj Karimganj is a city in the Karimganj District of the Indian state of Assam. It is the administrative headquarters of the district. Karimganj city is located at . The area of Karimganj city is 16.09 km2. It has an average elevation of 13& ...

constituency of

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 ...

. He is a member of 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 ...

. He had been elected in

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 ...

election in 2011 and 2016 from Ratabari constituency. Previously, he was a member of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

from Ratabari constituency in 2011.

Early life

Mallah was born on 15 October 1973 and hails from Bidyanagar village (Bidyanagar Tea Estate) in

Karimganj district Karimganj district is one of the 34 districts of the Indian state of Assam. Karimganj town is both the administrative headquarters district and the biggest town of this district. It is located in southern Assam and borders Tripura and the Sylh ...

. He obtained a

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degree from

Karimganj College Karimganj College, established in 1946, is one of the oldest undergraduate, coeducational college situated in Karimganj, Assam. This college is affiliated with the Assam University. Departments The college has total 19 departments and centres c ...

Assam University Assam University is a collegiate central public university located at Silchar, Assam, India. It was founded in the year 1994 by the provisions of an act enacted by the Parliament of India. The Governor of Assam is the Chief Rector and the ...

in 1997.He started his political journey by participating in Goan panchayat i. e. becoming the Goan panchayat president, then on climbing to the position of MLA, then on to the member of Lok sabha and parliament. The fact that the constituency is reserved for SC quota is also a major factor for him being the MP of the constituency.

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Elections in Assam
1973 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam Assam MLAs 2011–2016 Assam MLAs 2016–2021 People from Karimganj district Indian National Congress politicians India MPs 2019–present Indian National Congress politicians from Assam {{Assam-BJP-politician-stub