Ranjeet Kumar Dass Explained

Ranjeet Kumar Dass
Office:Cabinet Minister, Government of Assam
Term Start:10 May 2021
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Himanta Biswa Sarma
2Blankname:Portfolios
2Namedata:
  • Panchayat and Rural Development
  • Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs
  • Public Health Engineering
  • General Administration Department
Office1:Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly
Term Start1:2 June 2016
Term End1:25 December 2016
Deputy1:Dilip Kumar Paul
Predecessor1:Pranab Kumar Gogoi
Successor1:Hitendra Nath Goswami
Office2:President, Assam Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party
Term Start2:25 December 2016
Term End2:26 June 2021
Predecessor2:Sarbananda Sonowal
Successor2:Bhabesh Kalita
Office3:Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency3:Patacharkuchi
Term Start3:2 May 2021
Predecessor3:Pabindra Deka
Constituency4:Sorbhog
Term Start4:13 May 2011
Term End4:2 May 2021
Predecessor4:Uddabh Barman
Successor4:Manoranjan Talukdar
Birth Date:1965 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Barpeta, Assam, India
Residence:Barpeta Road, Assam
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party (1992-present)
Alma Mater:Gauhati University (M.Sc. (Botany))
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Journalist
Spouse:Anju Rani Baishya
Parents:Arabinda Das (father)
Hira Das (mother)
Children:3 (one son and two daughters)

Ranjeet Kumar Dass (born 1 December 1965) is an Indian politician and journalist from Assam serving as the Minister of Panchahyat and Rural Development, Food and Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs, Government of Assam in the Himanta Biswa Sarma ministry since 2021. He is a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Bharatiya Janata Party representing Patacharkuchi since 2021 and Sorbhog from 2011 to 2021. He was elected as Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2016 to 2017.[1] [2] [3] [4] He became a member of the BJP in 1992. From 2011 to 2016, he was the deputy leader of the BJP in the Assam Legislative Assembly.He served as BJP Assam state unit president from 2016 to 2021.[5] [6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.assamassembly.gov.in/speaker-assam-2016.html Assam Legislative Assembly
  2. http://myneta.info/assam2011/candidate.php?candidate_id=583 My neta
  3. Web site: infoelection . 1 June 2016 . 21 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181121203735/http://infoelection.com/infoelection/electionresult/index.php/politician/21-assam/1922-Assam_MLA_Ranjit_Kumar_Das.html . dead .
  4. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/first-session-of-newly-elected-assam-assembly-to-begin-today-2828338/ First session of newly elected Assam Assembly to begin today
  5. http://www.sentinelassam.com/ghy_city/story.php?sec=2&subsec=4&id=268921&dtP=2016-05-29&ppr=1#.V061B5F97IU MLA moves CM for skill-honing setup
  6. http://www.sentinelassam.com/state2/story.php?sec=2&subsec=14&id=268797&dtP=2016-05-28&ppr=1 New MLAs and ministers from Sonitpur felicitated
  7. http://www.sentinelassam.com/state2/story.php?sec=2&subsec=14&id=268003&dtP=2016-05-21&ppr=1 Congress shows strength in Barpeta