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{{short description|Member of Parliament from Assam}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Naba Kumar Saraniya
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1969|5|1}}
| birth_place = Dighalipaar,<br /> [[Baksa district|Baksa]], [[Assam]]
| image = File:Naba Kumar (Heera) Saraniya.png
| image_size = 200px
| image_alt =
| caption = Saraniya in 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary]]
| successor1 = [[Joyanta Basumatary]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency1 = [[Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency|Kokrajhar]]
| term_start1 = 16 May 2014
| term_end1 = 4 June 2024
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = Position established
| office2 = [[Organizational founder|Founder]] and [[President (corporate title)|President]] of [[Gana Suraksha Party]]
| constituency2 =
| term_start2 = 5 August 2019
| term_end2 =
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br>[[Gana Suraksha Party]]
| occupation = Politician
| spouse = Smti Barnali Baishya<ref name="toa">{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofassam.com/headlines/dreaded-militant-turns-member-of-parliament-with-historical-record-win/|title=Dreaded Militant turns Member of Parliament with Historical Record win|date=18 May 2014|publisher=Times of Assam|accessdate=18 May 2014|archive-date=18 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518063851/http://www.timesofassam.com/headlines/dreaded-militant-turns-member-of-parliament-with-historical-record-win/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| parents =
| children = Sristisikha Saraniya<ref name="toa"/>
| source = http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS035.htm?ac=5
}}

'''Naba Kumar Saraniya''' alias '''Heera Saraniya''', also spelled as '''Heera Sarania''' and '''Hira Sarania''', alias '''Naba Deka (born 1 May 1969)''' is an Indian politician who served as a [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha]] representing the [[Kokrajhar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kokrajhar constituency]] in [[Assam]] from 2014 to 2019 as an independent candidate and has served since 2019 as a member of [[Gana Suraksha Party]].<ref name="th">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/kokrajhar-elects-a-nonbodo-for-first-time/article6021271.ece|title=Kokrajhar elects a non-Bodo for first time|date=18 May 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=18 May 2014|archive-date=21 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521155430/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/kokrajhar-elects-a-nonbodo-for-first-time/article6021271.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bs">{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/elections-2014/in-assam-a-thumping-victory-means-more-uncertainty-114051601629_1.html|title=In Assam, a thumping victory means more uncertainty|last=Sethi|first=Aman|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=16 May 2014|publisher=Business Standard|accessdate=18 May 2014|archive-date=21 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521030831/http://www.business-standard.com/article/elections-2014/in-assam-a-thumping-victory-means-more-uncertainty-114051601629_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He won by the highest margin ever recorded in polls in Assam and as an independent candidate in the history of Lok Sabha elections.<ref name="toa"/> He is also the founder and president of Gana Suraksha Party since 2019.<ref>[[Gana Suraksha Party]]</ref> Earlier, Saraniya was the commander of the 709 battalion of [[United Liberation Front of Asom]] (ULFA). He was said to be one of the most dreaded militants in Assam.<ref name="Inside NE">{{cite web|url=https://www.insidene.com/assam-mp-naba-kumar-sarania-detained-on-tuesday-ahead-of-btc-phase-ii-elections-released-on-bail-today/|title=MP Naba Kumar Sarania detained ahead of BTC Phase-II election|date=9 December 2020|publisher=Inside NE|accessdate=9 December 2020|archive-date=9 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209051438/https://www.insidene.com/assam-mp-naba-kumar-sarania-detained-on-tuesday-ahead-of-btc-phase-ii-elections-released-on-bail-today/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cops work on Ulfa 709 unit & leader |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/cops-work-on-ulfa-709-unit-leader/cid/537881 |access-date=22 May 2023 |work=[[The Telegraph (India)|Telegraph India]] |language=en |archive-date=22 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522143230/https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/cops-work-on-ulfa-709-unit-leader/cid/537881 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Family background==
Saraniya’s father is dead and he is the eldest among four brothers and two sisters. Both sisters are in their twenties. The saraniyas own 15 bighas of land and are fairly well-off. They live in a typical Assamese house.<ref name="ab">{{cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main26.asp?filename=Ne012707Seek_Revenge.asp|title=Seek Revenge|last=Rehman|first=Teresa|date=27 January 2007|publisher=Tehelka|accessdate=17 December 2009 |archivedate=2010-04-18 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100418173428/http://tehelka.com/story_main26.asp?filename=Ne012707Seek_Revenge.asp}}</ref>

==Militancy life in ULFA==
Despite being the son of retired Indian army personnel, Naba joined the militant outfit [[ULFA]] in mid-1980s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mahanta |first=Nani Gopal |title=Confronting the state : ULFA's quest for sovereignty |publisher=[[SAGE Publications]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-81-321-1327-0 |location=New Delhi |pages=211 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hazarika |first1=Sanjoy |title=Conflicts in the Northeast : internal and external effects |last2=Raghavan |first2=V. R. |publisher=Vij Books India |year=2013 |isbn=978-93-82573-48-7 |location=New Delhi |pages=45 |language=en}}</ref> In his militant life he was known as Heera Sarania. Heera was trained in Myanmar and Afghanistan. Sarania was the commander of ULFA's 709 Battalion.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Outlook |journal=Outlook |language=English |volume=48 |issue=44–46 |pages=36 |oclc=760174985}}</ref>

==The Diary==
On 17 November 2005, 10 army personnel from the Dumuni cob (Company Operating Base) were able to recover Saraniya’s diary along with some arms, ammunitions, cash and cash-demand letter at Jala Gaon in the newly formed Baska district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main26.asp?filename=Ne012707How_The_Army.asp|title=How the Army got the diary|date=17 November 2005|publisher=Tehelka|accessdate=17 December 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919055739/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main26.asp?filename=Ne012707How_The_Army.asp|archive-date=19 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The diary reveals Bhutan’s one-time collusion with the outfit and the ULFA’s deep-seated ire against India.<ref name="ab" /> Journalist Teresa Rehman claimed that she got the diary of Heera Sarania.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rehman |first=Teresa |title=Bulletproof : A Journalist's Notebook on Reporting Conflict |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |year=2019 |isbn=978-93-5305-565-3 |location=[Gurgaon, Haryana, India] |language=en}}</ref>

==Arrest==
On 20 August 2013, Guwahati city police arrested Heera Saraniya along with 3 other persons in charge of robbery, kidnap and murder.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofassam.com/headlines/pro-talk-ulfa-leader-heera-saraniya-arrested-for-kidnap-murder-robbery/|title=Pro-Talk ULFA Leader Heera Saraniya arrested for Kidnap, murder & robbery|date=21 August 2012|publisher=Times of Assam|accessdate=21 August 2012|archive-date=22 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822190009/http://www.timesofassam.com/headlines/pro-talk-ulfa-leader-heera-saraniya-arrested-for-kidnap-murder-robbery/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Similarly a case has been registered against him on 9 October 2020 at [[Kokrajhar]] police station.
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==See also==
*[[Tapan Baruah]]
*[[Bijoy Das|Bijoy Chinese]]
*[[List of top leaders of ULFA]]
*[[Sanjukta Mukti Fouj]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{16th LS members from Northeast states |state=expanded}}

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[[Category:Independent politicians from Assam]]
[[Category:India MPs 2019–2024]]

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