Chandra Mohan Patowary (born 2 October 1955) is an Indian politician from Assam who is currently serving as the Minister of Environment and Forests, Act East Policy Affairs, Welfare of Minorities in the cabinet of Himanta Biswa Sarma since 2021. He was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly six times from the Dharmapur constituency. He had also served as a cabinet minister between 1996 and 2001 and from 2016 and 2021 and as the Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011. He was the health minister of Assam from 1985 to 1990 and agriculture minister from 1996 to 2001. He was the president of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) during 2008–2011.[2] He resigned owning responsibility for the party's poor performance in the 2011 Assam Legislative Assembly elections.[3] In 2014, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of then BJP National President Rajnath Singh and State President of BJP Assam Pradesh Shri Sarbananda Sonowal.[4]
Chandra Mohan Patowary | |
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| Cabinet Minister, Government of Assam | |
| Assumed office 24 May 2016 | |
| Chief Ministers | Sarbananda Sonowal Himanta Biswa Sarma |
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| Preceded by | Ajit Singh (Transport) Siddique Ahmed (Commerce & Industry) Rakibul Hussain (Parliamentary Affairs) Ranjit Dutta (Minorities Welfare) Parimal Suklabaidya (Environment & Forests) |
| In office 12 June 1996 – 17 May 2001 | |
| Chief Minister | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta |
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| Preceded by | Anwara Taimur |
| Succeeded by | Ardhendu Kumar Dey |
| Leader of the Opposition, Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 5 September 2007 – 5 September 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Position vacant |
| Succeeded by | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta |
| Constituency | Dharmapur |
| President, Asom Gana Parishad | |
| In office 21 September 2008 – 14 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Brindaban Goswami |
| Succeeded by | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta |
| Member, Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 19 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Nilamani Sen Deka |
| Constituency | Dharmapur |
| In office 11 May 2006 – 13 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Nilamani Sen Deka |
| Succeeded by | Nilamani Sen Deka |
| In office 1985–2001 | |
| Preceded by | Bhumidhar Barman |
| Succeeded by | Nilamani Sen Deka |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 October 1955 |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (from 2014) |
| Other political affiliations | Asom Gana Parishad (1985–2014) |
| Spouse | Rita Chowdhury |
| Education | M.A., LL.B. |
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References
edit- ^ "Leader of Opposition". Government of Assam. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ "Patowary out of AGP race". The Telegraph. 23 April 2012. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
- ^ "AGP President Patowary resigns". The Hindu. 14 May 2011.
- ^ "BJP inducts ex-AGP chief Chandra Mohan, shutting alliance talks". The Free Press Journal. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.