Amar Kumar Bauri (born 1978) is an Indian politician and the current
leader of the opposition
The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...
in
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
The Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha or the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand.
List of assemblies
See also
* List of Chief Ministers of Jharkhand
* List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative As ...
. He is the member of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the List of ruling p ...
. He was Minister of Jharkhand. Earlier he was associated with
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM (P)) ( 'Jharkhand Development Front (Democratic)') was a state political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by former Union Minister and First Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Babulal ...
led by
Babulal Marandi
Babulal Marandi (; born 11 January 1958) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the first Chief Minister of Jharkhand and current Leader of the Opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He was the founder ...
till Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha election in 2014.
He is member of Jharkhand legislative assembly from
Chandankiyari constituency which is reserved for
scheduled castes in
Bokaro District
Bokaro district is one of the most industrialized zones in India. It is one of the twenty-four districts of the Jharkhand state, India. It was established in 1991 by carving out one subdivision consisting of two blocks from Dhanbad District a ...
.
Early life
He was born in year 1978 to Ram Nath Bauri. He passed
matriculation
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Australia
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from R.D. Tata High School Jamshedpur in 1994, Inter from Co-operative College Jamshedpur in 1997, completed graduation from same Jamshedpur Cooperative College and post graduate in history from Ranchi University in 2005. He also completed Bachelor of Education from the Vinobha Bhave University
Hazaribag
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in 2008.
Political career
Bauri made his electoral debut in 2004 as an
Independent
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candidate unsuccessfully. In the
2009 Assembly election, he had contested on the
JVM (P)’s ticket from
Chandankiyari, but had lost to
Umakant Rajak of
AJSU by a margin of 3517 votes. In the
2014 Assembly election, Bauri was elected as an MLA from
Chandankiyari on the ticket of
JVM (P) ticket, but soon he, along with five other party MLAs, joined the
BJP-led government, merging their breakaway JVM (P) Legislature Party with the BJP.
Bauri was inducted as Revenue and Tourism minister in the
Raghubar Das ministry
This is a list of minister from Raghubar Das cabinets starting from 28 December 2014. Raghubar Das is a politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party, and was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand on 28 December 2014.
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on 19 February 2015. He took some significant decisions such as building the Patratu Valley road and launching several religious tourism festivals. He had digitized a part of the land records and also started the popular
Re 1 charge on properties registered in the name of women members in 2017 in a bid to empower them within their households – a scheme which was scrapped by the current JMM-led government headed by CM Hemant Soren in 2020.
On 16th October 2023 he was appointed as the l
leader of the opposition
The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...
in
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
The Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha or the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand.
List of assemblies
See also
* List of Chief Ministers of Jharkhand
* List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative As ...
replacing
Babulal Marandi
Babulal Marandi (; born 11 January 1958) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the first Chief Minister of Jharkhand and current Leader of the Opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He was the founder ...
who had been appointed as the President of
BJP Jharkhand
Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Jharkhand. Its head office is situated at the M-7, Harmu Housing Colony, Ranchi. Deepak Prakash was appointed as the State President of the Jharkha ...
.
References
External links
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Living people
1978 births
Jharkhand MLAs 2014–2019
Jharkhand MLAs 2019–2024
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jharkhand
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) politicians
State cabinet ministers of Jharkhand