Dr. Hemoprova Saikia (born 21 February 1940) is an Indian politician who was the minister of handloom and textiles in the government of Assam from 2001 to 2006. She was a member of the

Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral Assam Legislature, legislature of the List of states and union territories of India, Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Dispur, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present L ...

representing

Nazira Nazira () is a city and a municipal board in Sivasagar district Sivasagar district (Pron: or ) is one of the 34 districts of Assam state in Northeast India. Sivasagar city is the administrative headquarters of this district. This histo ...

constituency from 1996 to 2006. She was also chairwoman of

Assam Tourism Development Corporation Assam Tourism Development Corporation or ATDC () is a Public Sector Undertakings, state owned corporation of Assam, India. It deals with tourism services and development as a part of the Assam Tourism Department along with the Directorate of Tou ...

. She was the wife of the former

chief minister of Assam The chief minister of Assam, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Assam. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's ''de jure'' head, but '' de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following e ...

Hiteswar Saikia Hiteswar Saikia (3 October 1934 – 22 April 1996) was an Indian politician who served as the 10th chief minister of Assam for two terms, firstly from 28 February 1983 to 23 December 1985 and then from 30 June 1991 to 22 April 1996. He was th ...

, and their son,

Debabrata Saikia Debabrata Saikia ( Assamese: দেৱব্ৰত শইকীয়া; born 14 December 1964) is an Indian politician serving as the Leader of Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly since 2016. He represents the Nazira constituency in ...

, is leader of the opposition in the Assembly.
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Living people Assam MLAs 1996–2001 Assam MLAs 2001–2006 Indian National Congress politicians from Assam State cabinet ministers of Assam People from Sivasagar 21st-century Indian women politicians Women members of the Assam Legislative Assembly 1940 births 20th-century Indian women politicians {{Assam-INC-politician-stub