Urkhao Gwra Brahma | |
Birth Date: | 1 July 1963 |
Office: | Minister for Handloom & Textile, Soil Conservation and Welfare of Bodoland, Government of Assam |
Term Start: | 10 May 2021 |
Predecessor: | Pramila Rani Brahma |
Constituency: | Chapaguri |
Office1: | Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly |
Term Start1: | 2 May 2021 |
Predecessor1: | Thaneswar Basumatary |
Constituency1: | Chapaguri |
Party: | United People's Party Liberal (since 2015) |
Otherparty: | National Democratic Alliance North-East Democratic Alliance and Independent (2002 - 2015) |
Office2: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Constituency Am2: | Assam |
Term Start2: | 2002 |
Term End2: | 2008 |
Urkhao Gwra Brahma (born 1 July 1963) is an Indian politician, a poet and a leader of United People's Party Liberal who is serving as the Minister for Handloom, Textile & Sericulture, Soil Conservation and Welfare of Bodoland Department, Government of Assam in the Sarma ministry since 2021.He represents the Chapaguri constituency in the Assam Legislative Assembly since 2021. He was a former Member of the Parliament of India representing Assam in the Rajya Sabha from 2002 to 2008 as an Independent candidate.[1] He got Sahitya Academy Award for his poetry उदांनिफ्राय गिदिंबोफिन्नानै (Return from Freedom) in 2014.[2] In 2015,He founded the United People's Party Liberal[3] and became President.