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Pabitra Margherita

Pabitra Margherita
Pabitra Margherita
Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Textiles
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 June 2024
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 March 2022
Preceded byRanee Narah, INC
ConstituencyAssam
Personal details
Born13 October 1974
Margherita, Assam
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseGayatri Mahanta
Children3
ResidenceGuwahati
Alma materMargherita College
Jagannath Barooah College
Assam Textile Institute

Pabitra Margherita is an Indian politician. He is currently serving as a Minister of State for External Affairs and also as a Minister of State for Textiles in the Modi Government's third term.

Margherita is a Member of Parliament (since March 2022), representing Assam in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2] He joined politics in 2014 and became an active member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is serving as a Spokesperson of Assam BJP[3] since 2014. He also served as Prabhari of Social Media Cell, Assam BJP and Zila Prabhari of Kamrup (North) District BJP. He also served as Chairman of Jyoti Chitraban,[4] Govt. of Assam from 2017 to 2021. He also served as Member Secretary[5] of State Level Advisory Committee for Students and Youth Welfare, Govt. of Assam[6] from November 2021 to March 2022. Besides this he used to be an actor with his first film Tumi Mur Mathu Mur with co-star and director Zubeen Garg. His other films like Junbai, Hero and Mon Jaai, which is one of his biggest hit films of all time.

Currently he is a member of Consultative Committee of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.[7] as well as he is serving as Political Secretary to Chief Minister of Assam. Pabitra Margherita took oath as cabinet minister[8] of states in Third Modi Ministry. He is Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.

He was the founder Chief Editor of the monthly Maya from 1998 to 2002. He also served as founder chief editor of another Assamese cultural monthly SaReGaMa from 2002 to 2005.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "BJP names Pabitra Margherita for one Rajya Sabha seat in Assam". NORTHEAST NOW. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Team BJP wins both Rajya Sabha seats in Assam as Opposition unity crumbles". Hindustan Times. 1 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Assam BJP Announces Names Of Office Bearers". Pratidin Time. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Key Officials | Jyoti Chitraban (Film Studio) Society | Government Of Assam, India". jyotichitraban.assam.gov.in.
  5. ^ "Assam approves appointment of chairmen & vice-chairmen for various public sector units; new list issued". Time8. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  6. ^ "State Level Advisory Committee for Students & Youth Welfare, Assam (SLAC)".
  7. ^ "Compositions of Committees | Ministry OF Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India". mpa.gov.in. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Pabitra Margherita, Assam's newest entry in Union govt". The Times of India. 10 June 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

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