Siddhartha Bhattacharya

Siddhartha Bhattacharya
Member of Legislative Assembly Gauhati East constituency
In office 2016 – incumbent
Preceded by	Robin Bordoloi
Constituency	Gauhati East constituency
Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Alma mater	M A., LLB Gauhati University
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Advocate

Siddhartha Bhattacharya is an Assamese Politician from the state of Assam. He is a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party. He had joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 1995 and was party President of Assam unit in 2014 but was replaced by Sarbananda Sonowal ahead of Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2016.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Bhattacharya was defeated from Gauhati East constituency seat in Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2011 with margin of 3,997 votes by Robin Bordoloi of Indian National Congress. But, he won Gauhati East constituency in Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2016 by defeating Bobeeta Sharma of Indian National Congress by a record margin of 96,637 votes.^[6]

Bhattacharya is maternal uncle of Indian journalist Arnab Goswami who is the editor-in-chief and a news anchor of the Indian news channel Times Now^[7][8]

References

1. Ahead of assembly polls, Sarbananda Sonowal appointed as Assam BJP chief
2. Siddhartha Bhattacharya to head state BJP
3. Am I crazy to resign after working 11 years for the BJP
4. Siddhartha Bhattacharya GAUHATI EAST (KAMRUP METRO)
5. Cabinet Portfolio Names for BJP-led Govt in Assam
6. BJP candidates win by highest and lowest margins in Assam
7. Arnab Goswami's BJP connection in Assam
8. BJP connection in Assam