Ranjeet Kumar Dass is a politician from the Indian 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 is a member of 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 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 Mod ...

(BJP). He was elected as Speaker of the

in 2016, when

Sarbananda Sonowal Sarbananda Sonowal ( Assamese: সৰ্বানন্দ সোণোৱাল / IPA: xɔɹbanɔndɔ xʊnʊwal; born 31 October 1962) is an Indian politician from Assam who is the current Cabinet Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and ...

became Chief Minister. He became a member of the BJP in 1992 and was elected as

Member of Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. ...

from Sorbhog in Barpeta district in 2011. From 2011 to 2016, he was the deputy leader of the BJP in the Assam Legislative Assembly. He was elected as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in June 2016. He served as BJP Assam President from 30 January to 26 June 2021.Congress shows strength in Barpeta
/ref> After the 2021 Assam Assembly Elections he was made a minister in Himanta Biswa Sarma's cabinet.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Das, Ranjit Kumar 1965 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam Speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly People from Barpeta Gauhati University alumni Assam MLAs 2016–2021 Assam MLAs 2006–2011 People from Barpeta district State Presidents of Bharatiya Janata Party Assam MLAs 2021–2026