Bijoya Chakravarty

Bijoya Chakravarty
Member of the India Parliament for Gauhati
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Preceded by	Kirip Chaliha
Constituency	Guwahati
Personal details
Born	(1939-10-07) 7 October 1939 Jorhat, Assam
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Jiten Chakravarty
Children	Ranajit Chakravarty and Suman Haripriya
Residence	Guwahati
Religion	Hindusim

Bijoya Chakravarty (Assamese: বিজয়া চক্ৰৱৰ্তী) (born 1939 in Jorhat, Assam), is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Background

Bijoya began her political career in the Janata Party. She subsequently joined the regional Asom Gana Parishad and served in the Rajya Sabha from 1986 to 1992. Following her stint in the Rajya Sabha, she joined the Bhartiya Janata Party.

She represented the Gauhati in the 13th Lok Sabha. She won this seat for the BJP for the first time ever in 1999. Under the premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, she served as the Union Minister of State for Water Resources. In 2004, the BJP decided to field singer Bhupen Hazarika in her place, causing widespread protests from BJP party workers. Hazarika lost the elections. The BJP understood its mistake and re-nominated Bijoya in the 2009 Lok Sabha election from the Gauhati seat. As a result, she again won the seat in 2009 and 2014 representing the BJP.

Positions held

• 1977-1979 District Secretary, Janata Party, Mangaldoi (Assam)
• 1986-1992 Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha of Asom Gana Parishad
• 1999-2004 Member of Parliament Lok Sabha representing Gauhati (Assam)
• 1999-2004 Union Minister of State for Water Resources
• 2007–present National Vice-President, Bhartiya Janata Party