Pulakesh Barua is an Indian politician from the state 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 had formed the

Natun Asom Gana Parishad Natun Asom Gana Parishad ('New Assamese People's Association') was a political party in the Indian state of Assam. NAGP was formed through a split of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP). NAGP was led by former Union Law Minister and MP Dinesh Goswami and ...

(NAGP), a regional political party in 1991 along with Dinesh Goswami and Bhrigu Kumar Phukan but merged the party with the AGP in 1994. He was the speaker of

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 9 January 1986 – 27 July 1991. He has now joined AJP
Assam Jatiya Parishad
and is an active member as on 19 November 2020.

Background

Pulakesh Barua was born on 15 October 1948 in

Nalbari Nalbari (Pron: nɔ:lˈbɑ:rɪ) is a town and a municipal board in Nalbari district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Assam. Nalbari town is also the headquarters of Nalbari district, Nalbari District. The town is one of ma ...

to Lt. Prof. Ishwar Chandra Barua, founder of

Nalbari college Nalbari College is in Nalbari, Assam, India. It was founded in 1945. The college is affiliated to Gauhati University and recognized by University Grants Commission (UGC). Since its inception, the institution imparts higher education to the e ...

, a social worker and a litterateur and Lt. Ambika Barua. Barua passed his Higher secondary school in 1966 from Gurdon Higher Secondary School,

. He was General Secretary of All Nalbari Students Union in 1966. He joined Cotton College in 1966, pass BSc with honours in 1969. He joined Guwahati University law college in 1970. He became the general secretary of Guwahati university Law College Students Union in 1972 and the same year became the president of AASU (

All Assam Students Union All Assam Students' Union or AASU is a Assamese nationalist students' organisation in Assam, India. It is best known for leading the six-year Assam Movement against Bengalis of both Indian and Bangladeshi origin living in Assam. The leadership, ...

). He completed LLB and joined Nalbari Bar Association in 1975. Barua married Parul Deka in 1981 with whom he has one son and a daughter.

Political career

He joined Purbanchaliya Loka Parishad (PLP), a regional political party of Assam along with Lt. Nibaran Borah,

Atul Bora Atul Bora is an Indian politician from Assam belonging to a regional party, Asom Gana Parishad. In July 2014 he was elected president of the party. Currently he is the Minister for Agriculture and Veterinary in the Cabinet of Assam Government h ...

, Pabindra Deka, Dr. Krishna Gopal Bhattacharjee in the year 1977. During the 6 years long Assam Movement on foreigner’s issue, he actively participated under AAGSP (All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad) as a member from PLP. After the Assam Accord of 15 August 1985, he joined

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 ...

a regional political party of Assam and became the speaker of

from 9 January 1986 – 27 July 1991. He also became the AGP MLA, Barkhetry constituency from 1996 – 2001. He is in active politics and has repeatedly highlighted issues pertaining to the development of his constituency and also for the betterment of Assam. His major contribution as a politician is solution of chronic flood problem of Barbhag area in Nalbari district. He started an employment generation scheme, a dairy farm project in Barkhetry constituency in 1988 which has benefitted the local population greatly. He joined AJP as an executive member on 19 November 2020.

References

# Pulakesh Barua joins AJP: http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=nov2020/city054 {{DEFAULTSORT:Barua, Pulakesh Living people Asom Gana Parishad politicians People from Baksa district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam Year of birth missing (living people) Assam MLAs 1985–1991 Assam MLAs 1991–1996