Prafulla Mahanta
| Prafulla Kumar Mahanta | |
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Member of Legislative Assembly Barhampur |
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Assumed office 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Girindra Kumar Baruah |
| Constituency | Barhampur |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 1985–1990 |
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| Preceded by | Mukut Sharma |
| Constituency | Nowgong Sadar Assembly Constituency |
| 14th Chief Minister of Assam | |
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In office 15 May 1996 – 17 May 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Bhumidhar Barman |
| Succeeded by | Tarun Gogoi |
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In office 24 December 1985 – 28 November 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Hiteswar Saikia |
| Succeeded by | President's Rule |
| President, Asom Gana Parishad | |
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In office 26 April 2012 – 14 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Chandra Mohan Patowary |
| Succeeded by | Atul Bora |
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In office December, 1985 – 6 September 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Brindaban Goswami |
| Personal details | |
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23 December 1952 Uluoni, Nagaon, Assam |
| Political party | Asom Gana Parishad |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. Joyasree Goswami Mahanta |
| Children | Two sons & One daughter |
| Residence | Guwahati, Assam |
Prafulla Kumar Mahanta (born 1951) in Nagaon district in Assam, is an Indian Politician who was the leader of the Assam Movement, a former Chief Minister of Assam (two terms) and the President of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a major political party in the Indian state of Assam. He became the chief minister in the state when the AGP came to power in 1985.
He served as the chief minister of the state for two terms, (1985–1990) and (1996–2001). He is a former president of the All Assam Students Union, a student organization that spearheaded the Assam Movement between 1979 and 1985. In August 2005, his membership in the AGP was terminated. He floated a new political party, Asom Gana Parishad (Progressive), on September 15, 2005.
Despite allegations about secret killings he organized against families of ULFA members, as documented in the report by the Saikia Commission to the Assam Assembly, he was missed from political leadership in the state. He was re-inducted into the AGP after the AGP (Progressive) was dissolved during the Presidency of Chandra Mohan Patowary. Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has been taken back as an integral part of the party.
In a 2010 interview on NDTV in Walk the Talk with Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express, Prafulla Mahanta said,
"For the sake of the integrity and security of India, we are ready to take any blame. If the insurgent groups attack our forces, then they (the security forces) must have the right to respond. However, the charge against me on extra judicial killings of the ULFA sympathisers is to malign my image."
In the same interview he said that unknown agencies of the Congress Party had conspired in massacres during the Assam Movement in the early eighties.
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