Siddhartha Bhattacharya

Siddhartha Bhattacharya (born 10 June 1961)^[1] is a politician from the state of Assam.He is the son of former Leader of Opposition,Assam, Gaurishankar Bhattacharyya. He was a Cabinet Minister of Education of Assam and a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party.

Siddhartha Bhattacharya
Cabinet Minister, Government of Assam
In office 26 April 2018 – 10 May 2021
Chief Minister	Sarbananda Sonowal
Portfolios	Law and Justice (2018–2021) Education (2018–2020) Co-operation (2020–2021)
Preceded by	Sarbananda Sonowal (L&J) Himanta Biswa Sarma (Education) Rihon Daimary (Co-op.)
Succeeded by	Himanta Biswa Sarma (L&J, Education) Atul Bora (Co-op.)
President, Assam Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party
In office 17 August 2014 – 21 November 2015
Preceded by	Sarbananda Sonowal
Succeeded by	Sarbananda Sonowal
Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2016
Preceded by	Robin Bordoloi
Constituency	Gauhati East
Personal details
Born	(1961-06-10) 10 June 1961 (age 63)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Parent	Gaurishankar Bhattacharyya
Relatives	Arnab Goswami (nephew)
Alma mater	Gauhati University (MA, LLB)
Profession	Advocate
Website	siddharthabhattacharya.in

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 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} He is a National Spokesperson for the Bharatiya Janata Party for the North Eastern region.^[7][8]

Bhattacharya was defeated from Gauhati East constituency seat in 2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election with margin of 3,997 votes by Robin Bordoloi of Indian National Congress. But, he won Gauhati East constituency in 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election by defeating Bobeeta Sharma of Indian National Congress by a record margin of 96,637 votes.^[9]

Bhattacharya is maternal uncle of Indian journalist Arnab Goswami.^{[citation needed]}