Sumitra Patir

Sumitra Doley Patir is an Indian politician from Assam who served as a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly representing the Dhemaji Assembly constituency from 2006 until 2016. She also served as a Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the third cabinet of chief minister Tarun Gogoi from 26 January 2015 until 24 May 2016, holding portfolios of urban development and housing, tourism and tribal welfare. She belonged to the Indian National Congress until resigning from the party to join the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017.

Sumitra Doley Patir
Minister of State (Independent Charge), Government of Assam
In office 26 January 2015 – 24 May 2016
Chief Minister	Tarun Gogoi
Departments	Urban Development and Housing Tourism Tribal Welfare
Preceded by	Ajanta Neog (UD&H) Tarun Gogoi (Tourism)
Succeeded by	Atul Bora (UD&H) Himanta Biswa Sarma (Tourism) Pramila Rani Brahma (Tribal Welfare)
Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
In office 2006–2016
Preceded by	Dilip Kumar Saikia
Succeeded by	Pradan Baruah
Constituency	Dhemaji
Personal details
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2017)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (until 2017)
Spouse	Late Kalinath Doley

In 2006, she was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly from Dhemaji constituency, defeating her nearest rival and Asom Gana Parishad candidate Paramananda Sonowal. In 2011, she was re-elected from the same constituency, defeating Bharatiya Janata Party's Sailen Sonowal. She contested for re-election from the same constituency in 2016 but was defeated by BJP's Pradan Baruah.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Patir is the sister of Aswini Kumar Doley, CEO of Sivasagar Zila Parishad.^[1]