Sarat Saikia (11 March 1948 – 1 August 2019) was an Indian politician belonging to

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 was elected as 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 Mahmora three times.

Early life and education

Saikia was born on 11 March 1948. His father's name was Durgeswar Saikia and his mother's name was Binaya Saikia. His father was a minister of

Assam Government The Government of Assam is the subnational government of Assam, a state of India. It consists of the Governor appointed by the President of India as the head of the state, currently Jagdish Mukhi. The head of government is the Chief Minister, ...

. He graduated from

Dibrugarh University Dibrugarh University is a collegiate public state university in the Indian state of Assam. It is located at Dibrugarh, Assam, India. It was set up in 1965 under the provisions of the Dibrugarh University Act, 1965 enacted by the Assam Legislat ...

in 1972.

Political life

Saikia was elected as a member of the

in 2001 from Mahmora as an

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 ...

candidate. He was elected again from Mahmora in 2006 and 2011. Later, he joined

Personal life

Saikia was married to Sewali Saikia on 5 May 1974. The couple had two children.

Death

Saikia died on 1 August 2019 at the age of 71.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saikia, Sarat Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam 2019 deaths Assam MLAs 2001–2006 1948 births Indian National Congress politicians from Assam Dibrugarh University alumni Assam MLAs 2006–2011 Assam MLAs 2011–2016