Kripanath Mallah

Kripanath Mallah (born 15 October 1973) is an Indian politician serving as the Member of Parliament in the 18th Lok Sabha from Karimganj constituency of Assam.^[1] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He had been elected in Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2011 and 2016 from Ratabari constituency.^[2][3][4]

Kripanath Mallah
কৃপানাথ মাল্লাহ
Mallah in 2024
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Radheshyam Biswas
Constituency	Karimganj
Deputy Speaker Assam Legislative Assembly
In office 26 September 2018 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Dilip Kumar Paul
Succeeded by	Aminul Haque Laskar
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
In office 2003–2006
Preceded by	Rathish Ranjan Choudhury
Succeeded by	Sambhu Sing Mallah
Constituency	Ratabari
In office 2011–2015
Preceded by	Sambhu Sing Mallah
Constituency	Ratabari
In office 2016–2019
Succeeded by	Bijoy Malakar
Constituency	Ratabari
Personal details
Born	(1973-10-15) 15 October 1973 (age 51)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Alma mater	Karimganj College (B.Sc)

Previously, he was a member of Indian National Congress from Ratabari constituency in 2011.^[5]

The Gauhati High Court had issued summons to Kripanath Mallah in July 2024 for alleged booth capturing and other poll irregularities cases against him during the 2024 general election^[6] where he won by a margin of 18360 votes against Congress candidate Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury. Mallah got 5,45,093 votes while Choudhury secured 5,26,733 votes.^[7][8]

Early life

Mallah was born on 15 October 1973 and hails from Bidyanagar village (Bidyanagar Tea Estate) in Karimganj district. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Karimganj College, Assam University in 1997.^[9][10] He started his political journey by participating in Goan panchayat i. e. becoming the Goan panchayat president, then on climbing to the position of MLA, then on to the member of Lok sabha and parliament. The fact that the constituency is reserved for SC quota is also a major factor for him being the MP of the constituency.^{[citation needed]}