Chandan Brahma is a politician from Assam belonging to 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. It along with UPPL is the two main regi ...

who represented the Sidli Assembly constituency of

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from 2006 until 2021. He was first elected to the

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in 2006 as an independent candidate and later joined the Bodoland People's Front. He was appointed a cabinet minister in the

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under chief minister

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and assigned the portfolios of Panchayat and Rural Development and Transport. He was re-appointed a cabinet minister in

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and was assigned the portfolios of Transport, Tourism, and Welfare of Plain Tribes and Backward Classes (only BTAD areas). Following the Bodoland People's Front's decision to withdraw from the

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in the aftermath of the 2014 general election, Brahma tendered his resignation from the council of ministers on 29 June 2014. The Bodoland People's Front contested the 2016 state assembly election as a part of the

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and upon the victory of the NDA, two of the party's legislators

Pramila Rani Brahma Pramila Rani Brahma (born 1951) is a Bodo politician and social worker from Assam who was a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Kokrajhar East constituency as a member of the Bodoland People's Front from 1991 to 2021 and the State Min ...

and Rihon Daimary were appointed cabinet ministers in the cabinet of Sarbananda Sonowal. In a cabinet reshuffle on 26 April 2018, Brahma was inducted into the council of ministers and assigned the portfolios of Tourism and Welfare of Plain Tribes and Backward Classes.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brahma, Chandan Living people Bodoland People's Front politicians People from Kokrajhar district Assam MLAs 2016–2021 Year of birth missing (living people) United People's Party Liberal politicians Assam MLAs 2011–2016 Assam MLAs 2006–2011 State cabinet ministers of Assam