Birendra Prasad Baishya is an

Asom Gana Parishad Asom Gana Parishad (translation: ''Assam People's Council'', AGP) is a political party in the state of Assam, India. The AGP was formed following the historic Assam Accord of 1985 and formally launched at the Golaghat Convention held from 13 t ...

politician from

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

, India. He was elected in

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...

election in 1996 from Mangaldoi constituency and union minister of Steel and Mines. He was elected to Rajya Sabha in 2008 to 2014 and again in June 2019. Baishya is also President of

Indian Weightlifting Federation Indian Weightlifting Federation otherwise known as IWLF, is the national Sport governing body, governing body overseeing the sport of Weightlifting in India, weightlifting in India. The headquarters of the federation is in New Delhi. The Federat ...

.EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF INDIAN WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION EFFECTIVE 2017-2021
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Living people Asom Gana Parishad politicians People from Baksa district 1956 births Mining ministers of India Steel ministers of India Members of the Cabinet of India India MPs 1996–1997 Politicians from Guwahati Lok Sabha members from Assam Rajya Sabha members from Assam Indian sports executives and administrators {{Assam-politician-stub