Name Kabindra Purkayastha Role Political leader | Education Gauhati University Party Bharatiya Janata Party | |
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Budget railways for 2012 13 sh kabindra purkayastha 21 03 2012
Kabindra Purkayastha (born 15 December 1931) is a former union minister of state of India. He served as minister of state for communication in Atal Bihari Vajpayee government from 1998 to 1999. He is a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in Assam, India.
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- Budget railways for 2012 13 sh kabindra purkayastha 21 03 2012
- Interview of bjp 2014 mp candidate from silchar assam sri kabindra purkayastha
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He was born in 1931 in Kamarkhal in Sylhet district now in Bangladesh and studied M.A. at Gauhati University.
He was first elected to Lok Sabha in 1991 from Silchar constituency in Assam. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998 from same constituency. In 2009, he was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha, defeating heavyweight candidates Santosh Mohan Dev of Indian National Congress and Badruddin Ajmal of AUDF from Silchar.But in 2014 LS-election, he has been defeated by Sushmita Dev (INC), daughter of Santosh Mohan Dev, despite the Modi-wave in his favour.