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| birth_place = [[Jorhat, Assam]], India<br />
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'''Ajit Kumar Bhuyan''' is an Indian journalist and former editor of the [[Prag News]]. Presently he is a [[Member of Parliament|member]] of [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Indian Parliament]], from the state of [[Assam]]. He, along with two others, was elected unopposed to the [[Rajya Sabha]] on 18 March 2020.<br />
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He has said in a press conference after his election that [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019]] (CAA) was the reason behind joining politics. His candidature was supported by the [[Indian National Congress]] and [[All India United Democratic Front]]. [[Tarun Gogoi]] and [[Badruddin Ajmal]] were present during his nomination. Mr Bhuyan is a fierce critic of CAA introduced and passed in the Indian parliament by the [[Narendra Modi]] led [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] Government.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/assam-all-three-rajya-sabha-candidates-set-to-be-elected-unopposed-1655352-2020-03-14 | title=Assam: All three Rajya Sabha candidates set to be elected unopposed | publisher=[[India Today]] | work=Hemanta Kumar Nath | date=14 March 2020 | access-date=14 March 2020}}</ref><br />
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In June 2020 Ajit Kumar Bhuyan formed a regional political party, ''Anchalik Gana Morcha'' (Regional People's Front), as its chief convenor.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.uniindia.com/news/east/politics-assam-new-party/2044962.html | title=Regional People's Front formed in Assam with eye on next year's state polls| publisher=United News India | date=19 June 2020 | access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Ajit Kumar Bhuyan was born in [[Jorhat]], India in 1952. He had his early schooling in Amguri High School, in Sibsagar district, Assam and attended college in [[Sibsagar College]]. Before he could graduate, he joined the [[Dainik Janambhumi]], published from Jorhat, as a sub-editor. While still working as a sub-editor, he earned his BA degree from [[Jhanji Hemnath Sarma College]], Sivasagar.<br />
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