Ranjit Dutta (born 21 January 1957) is an Indian politician from Assam and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He represents Sonitpur in the 18th Lok Sabha, having won the seat in 2024 by 3,61,408 votes. He was earlier a four-time MLA from Behali and served as a cabinet minister in the Sarbananda Sonowal government of Assam.
Ranjit Dutta
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21 Jan
Hatibondha, Biswanath District, Assam, India
Politician (Lok Sabha MP, Sonitpur); Tea Grower; Agriculturist
Gita Dutta (m. 1991)
2001–present
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (since 2024)
Sonitpur, Assam
Small Tea Growers Association (president)
Married
Aquarius
Indian Rupees
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Indian
Dutta won the Behali assembly seat for the BJP in 2001, defeating sitting Congress MLA Barnabash Tanti, and held it until 2011. He won Behali again in 2016 and 2021. On 24 May 2016 he was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the Sonowal government, holding portfolios including handloom and textiles, sericulture and welfare of minorities.
In 2024 he resigned his assembly seat to contest Sonitpur (also called Tezpur) and defeated Congress candidate Premlal Ganju by 3,61,408 votes (7,75,788 to 4,14,380), according to Election Commission of India figures.
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