Siddhartha Bhattacharya (born 10 June 1961) is a

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

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 was a Cabinet Minister of Education of Assam and 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

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 joined

in 1995 and was party President of Assam unit in 2014 but was replaced by

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 ...

ahead of

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election The Assam Legislative Assembly Election of 2016 was held in two phases, on 4 and 11 April 2016, to elect members of the 126 constituencies in Assam, a state in North-eastern India. The overall voter turnout was 84.72%, which set a new record for ...

. He is a National Spokesperson for the

for the North Eastern region. Bhattacharya was defeated from Gauhati East constituency seat in

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election The 13th Assam Legislative Assembly election was held in two phases on 4 and 11 April 2011 to elect members from 126 constituencies in Assam, India. The result was announced on 13 May. BJP was accused of turning the anti-immigrant feeling in Ass ...

with margin of 3,997 votes by

Robin Bordoloi Capt. Robin Bordoloi, is an Indian politician, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Son of Gopinath Bordoloi, he is from the State of Assam. He was elected to Dispur constituency in 2001, winning against AGP founder and former Chief Mini ...

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 ...

. But, he won Gauhati East constituency in

by defeating Bobeeta Sharma of

by a record margin of 96,637 votes.BJP candidates win by highest and lowest margins in Assam
/ref> Bhattacharya is maternal uncle of Indian journalist Arnab Goswami.

References

External links

Personal Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bhattacharya, Siddhartha 1961 births Living people Assam MLAs 2016–2021 Politicians from Guwahati Cotton College, Guwahati alumni Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam Assam MLAs 2021–2026