Biswajit Daimary (born 4 February 1971) is an Indian politician from

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

. He is current speaker of

Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present Western Assam region. The Legislative Assembly comprises 126 Me ...

. He represented Assam in

Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...

as a member of the

and as a member of the

Bodoland People's Front The Bodoland People's Front (BPF) is a state political party in Assam, India. The party is headquartered in Kokrajhar Town and previously was in ruling government in the autonomous region of Bodoland. The party joined United Progressive Allianc ...

. He was first elected as Member of

from 2001 to 2006 and later elected as

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from 2008 to 2014. He was elected for second term from 2014 to 2020 as a member of

and from 2021 as a member of the BJP. In November 2020, Daimary left BPF to join

before

Bodoland Territorial Council The Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) is an autonomous council for the Bodoland Territorial Region established under 6th Schedule of The Constitution of India according to the Memorandum of Settlement between Bodoland Liberation Tiger Force (B ...

elections. On 21 November 2020, Daimary resigned from the Rajya Sabha. He was re-elected on 23 February 2021.

Personal life

Daimary was born to Surendra Daimary and Fedab Daimary in Suagpur,

Baksa district Baksa district ( or ) is an administrative district in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam, one of the North-Eastern states of India. The administrative headquarters is at Mushalpur. Manas National Park is a part of this district. Histor ...

in Assam. He completed

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education from

Kokrajhar College Kokrajhar Govt. College Kokrajhar Govt. College (then Kokrajhar College) was established in 1959 at the heart of the town with a noble vision of bringing higher education to common people in general and the tribal people in particular. The Kokra ...

. He married Mina Brahma Daimary on 4 December 1999.

Positions held

Political positions held by Daimary: * 2001–2006 – Member of

* 2006–2008 – Chairman, Assam Apex Weavers and Artisans Co-operative Federation Limited,

Government of Assam The Government of Assam is the subnational government of Assam, a state of India. It consists of the Governor appointed by the President of India as the head of the state, currently Jagdish Mukhi. The head of government is the Chief Minister, ...

* Apr. 2008 to Nov. 2021 – Elected to Rajya Sabha * Sep. 2010 – Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation * May 2008 to May 2009 – Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism, and Culture * May 2008 to May 2009 – Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Railways * Aug. 2009 to present – Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Railways * Aug. 2009 to present – Member, Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers. * 2021–present – Member of

* 2021–present – Speaker of

References

1971 births Living people Rajya Sabha members from Assam People from Baksa district Speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly Bodoland People's Front politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam Assam MLAs 2021–2026 Assam MLAs 2001–2006 {{Assam-BJP-politician-stub