Ashraful Hussain

Ashraful Hussain
Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
21 May 2021
Preceded bySukur Ali Ahmed
ConstituencyChenga
Personal details
Born10 January 1994 (1994-01-10) (age 30)
Haripur, Barpeta District, Assam
NationalityIndian
Political partyAll India United Democratic Front
Alma materIndira Gandhi National Open University
ProfessionPolitician, Journalist, Social worker, Poet

Ashraful Hussain (born 10 January 1994) is an Indian politician who is serving as a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly representing the All India United Democratic Front from the Chenga Assembly constituency in the 2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election.[1][2][3][4][5]

He is the youngest Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) of Assam Legislative Assembly (2021) aged 27, hailing from Chenga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) of lower Assam.[6] He has contested from All India United Democratic Front ticket and was elected with a margin of more than 50,000 votes. He emerged as a strong voice in the Chenga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in Assam 2021 Election for the rights of D voter and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). He graduated from Indira Gandhi National Open University with a bachelor's degree in social work (BSW). He was a journalist in various news organisations like Pratidin Time etc. He was a member of the campaign called Karwan-e-Mohabbat. He was also a member of Sambidhan Sevak. He fought for the land rights of the displaced people from the flood erosion of the Brahmaputra River. He was involved in various relief programmes in a seasonal flood of Assam and during the COVID-19 lockdown in India.[7]

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  2. ^ TimesNow. "Chenga Assembly Election Results 2021 LIVE – Chenga Vidhan Sabha Election Results". TimesNow. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Chief Electoral Officer, Assam". ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  4. ^ Dutta, Tridip K. Mandal,Anjana (4 April 2021). "In Assam, 'Miya' Poet Ashraful Hussain Turns Politician". TheQuint. Retrieved 20 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Assam: Activist Ashraful Hussain Wins Chenga Seat, Trounces Senior Politicos". thewire.in. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Nothing poetic about Ashraful Hussain's victory in Assam". The Indian Express. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Ashraful Hussain : Assam Assembly Election Results Live, Candidates News, Videos, Photos". www.news18.com. Retrieved 20 August 2022.