Ranjeet Kumar Dass
Official Portrait, 2019
Minister of Panchayat & Rural Development, Food & Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs, Government of Assam.
Assumed office
10 May 2021
Preceded byPhani Bhusan Choudhury
ConstituencyPatacharkuchi
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 May 2021
Preceded byPabindra Deka
ConstituencyPatacharkuchi
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
In office
2011  2 May 2021
Preceded byUddhab Barman
Succeeded byManoranjan Talukdar
ConstituencySorbhog
Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly
In office
2 June 2016  30 January 2017
Preceded byPranab Gogoi
Succeeded byHitendra Nath Goswami
Personal details
Born (1965-12-01) 1 December 1965
Barpeta, Assam, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (1992-present)
SpouseAnju Rani Baishya
ChildrenOne Son and Two Daughters
Parent(s)Arabinda Das (Father)
Hira Das
Residence(s)Barpeta Road, Assam
Alma materM.Sc.(Botany), Gauhati University
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionJournalist
WebsiteAssam Legislative Assembly

Ranjeet Kumar Dass (born 1 December 1965) is an Indian politician and journalist from Assam serving as the Minister of Panchahyat and Rural Development, Food and Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs, Government of Assam in the Himanta Biswa Sarma ministry since 2021. He is a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Bharatiya Janata Party representing Patacharkuchi since 2021 and Sorbhog from 2011 to 2021. He was elected as Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2016 to 2017.[1][2][3][4] He became a member of the BJP in 1992. From 2011 to 2016, he was the deputy leader of the BJP in the Assam Legislative Assembly. He served as BJP Assam state unit president from 2016 to 2021.[5][6][7]

References

  1. Assam Legislative Assembly
  2. My neta
  3. "infoelection". Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  4. First session of newly elected Assam Assembly to begin today
  5. MLA moves CM for skill-honing setup
  6. New MLAs and ministers from Sonitpur felicitated
  7. Congress shows strength in Barpeta
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