Chandan Brahma

Chandan Brahma is a politician from Assam belonging to the Bodoland People's Front who represented the Sidli Assembly constituency of Kokrajhar district from 2006 until 2021.^[1][2][3][4] He was first elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly in 2006 as an independent candidate and later joined the Bodoland People's Front.

Chandan Brahma
Chandan Brahma in 2018
Cabinet Minister, Government of Assam
In office 21 May 2006 – 18 May 2011
Chief Minister	Tarun Gogoi
Portfolios	Transport Panchayat and Rural Development
Preceded by	Anjan Dutta (Transport) Bhumidhar Barman (P&RD)
Succeeded by	Rakibul Hussain
In office 18 May 2011 – 27 June 2014
Chief Minister	Tarun Gogoi
Portfolios	Transport Tourism Welfare of Plain Tribes and Backward Classes (only BTAD)
Preceded by	Self (Transport) Rakibul Hussain (Tourism) Pramila Rani Brahma (WPT&BC)
Succeeded by	Tarun Gogoi (Transport, Tourism)
In office 26 April 2018 – 10 May 2021
Chief Minister	Sarbananda Sonowal
Portfolios	Tourism Welfare of Plain Tribes and Backward Classes
Preceded by	Himanta Biswa Sarma (Tourism) Pramila Rani Brahma (WPT&BC)
Succeeded by	Bimal Bora (Tourism) Urkhao Gwra Brahma and Ranoj Pegu (WPT&BC)
Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
In office 2006–2021
Preceded by	Matindra Basumatary
Succeeded by	Joyanta Basumatary
Constituency	Sidli (ST)

He was appointed a cabinet minister in the Government of Assam under chief minister Tarun Gogoi in 2006 and assigned the portfolios of Panchayat and Rural Development and Transport. He was re-appointed a cabinet minister in 2011^[5] 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 United Progressive Alliance in the aftermath of the 2014 general election, Brahma tendered his resignation from the council of ministers on 29 June 2014.^[6]

The Bodoland People's Front contested the 2016 state assembly election as a part of the National Democratic Alliance and upon the victory of the NDA, two of the party's legislators– Pramila Rani Brahma and Rihon Daimary were appointed cabinet ministers in the cabinet of Sarbananda Sonowal.^[7] In a cabinet reshuffle on 26 April 2018,^[8] Brahma was inducted into the council of ministers and assigned the portfolios of Tourism and Welfare of Plain Tribes and Backward Classes.

References

1. "BTR : Ministers Pramila Rani Brahma & Chandan Brahma looses Assam Polls".
2. "PDMB hails BJP's gesture of holding talks with NDFB (P)". Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
3. "Centre-NDFB(P) talks next month". Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
4. "Chandan Brahma files nomination". Assam Times. 22 March 2016.
5. "Gogoi Cabinet to have 18 Ministers". The Hindu. 26 May 2011.
6. "Brahma's resignation accepted". Assamtimes.org. 29 June 2014.
7. "Sonowal ministry to start with 17 MLAs, allies want more of ministerial pie". Firstpost. 23 May 2016.
8. "Assam CM to expand cabinet". The Times of India. 25 April 2018.