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Amar Kumar Bauri (born 1978) is an Indian politician and the current
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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
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. 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
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.


Early life

He was born in year 1978 to Ram Nath Bauri. He passed
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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
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in 2008.


Political career

Bauri made his electoral debut in 2004 as an
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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. On 28 December 2 ...
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 ...
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