Mrinal Saikia (born July 28, 1966 in
Golaghat
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,
Assam
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) is a
Bharatiya Janata Party
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politician from
Assam
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. He has been elected in
Assam Legislative Assembly
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election in 2016 from
Khumtai constituency. Saikia was a former activist of the
United Liberation Front of Asom
The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) is an armed separatist insurgent organisation, that operates in the Indian state of Assam. It seeks to establish an independent sovereign nation state of Assam for the indigenous Assamese people throu ...
.
References
1966 births
Living people
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam
Assam MLAs 2016–2021
People from Nagaon district
Assam MLAs 2021–2026
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