Debabrata Saikia
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Debabrata Saikia | |
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 Official Portrait, 2016 | |
| Leader of the Opposition Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 20 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta |
| Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 13 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Drupad Borgohain |
| Constituency | Nazira |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 December 1964 |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Bandana Saikia |
| Children | 2 |
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| Education | Calcutta University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | www |
Debabrata Saikia (born 14 December 1964) is an Indian politician from Assam serving as the Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly since 2016. He has represented Nazira Assembly constituency since 2011. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Assam, Hiteswar Saikia, and of former minister in the Government of Assam, Hemoprova Saikia.[1]
Saikia was born on 14 December 1964, at Nazira, Sivasagar, Assam. He is the son of Hiteswar Saikia, who was the Chief Minister of Assam from 1983 to 1985, and again from 1991 to 1996, and of Hemoprova Saikia, who was a senior minister in the Assam government during the First Tarun Gogoi Ministry from 2001 to 2006. Saikia graduated from Calcutta University with a BA degree.[1] He married Bandana Saikia, with whom he has two children, Luit and Krishnika. His father served five-terms as a MLA in the Assam Legislative Assembly from Nazira, and was appointed by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi as the first Governor of Mizoram after the Mizoram Peace Accord, serving from 1987 to 1989. His mother served two-terms as MLA of Nazira from 1996 to 2006.[2]