Sarat Saikia (11 March 1948 – 1 August 2019) was an Indian politician belonging to

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

. He was thrice elected to 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 ...

from Mahmora.

Early life and education

Saikia was born on 11 March 1948. His father's name was Durgeswar Saikia and his mother's name was Binaya Saikia. His father was a minister in the

Assam Government The Government of Assam or Assam Government abbreviated as GoAS, is the state government of the Indian state of Assam. It consists of the Governor appointed by the President of India as the head of the state, currently Lakshman Prasad Acharya ...

. He graduated from

Dibrugarh University Dibrugarh University is a Collegiate University, collegiate public state university in the Indian state of Assam. It is the second oldest University in Assam and in North East India. It is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universitie ...

in 1972.

Political life

Saikia was elected as a member of the

in 2001 from Mahmora as an

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

candidate. He was elected again from Mahmora in 2006 and 2011. Later, he joined

Personal life

Saikia was married to Sewali Saikia on 5 May 1974. The couple had two children.

Death

Saikia died on 1 August 2019 at the age of 71.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saikia, Sarat Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam 2019 deaths Assam MLAs 2001–2006 1948 births Indian National Congress politicians from Assam Dibrugarh University alumni Assam MLAs 2006–2011 Assam MLAs 2011–2016