The 4-time BJP MP from Assam is a recognized champion for the motive of small tea growers in the Northeastern state.
Gohain, sixty five, who became first elected to Lok Sabha in 1999 from Nagaon, is a law graduate and was actively worried within the six-year-long Assam agitation in opposition to illegal immigrants in early Eighties.
He belongs to the Ahom network like former Leader Minister Tarun Gogoi and his induction into the Modi Ministry will be an strive by means of the BJP to penetrate into this community, traditionally known as Congress supporters.

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Despite Nagaon being a minority ruled constituency, Gohain turned into elected to the Decrease Residence for Four consecutive term.
“I can attempt my level satisfactory to serve the humans of Assam. I request the human beings of Assam to be with me in this adventure,” Gohain stated.
He has been a main determine in Assam to fight for the motive of small tea lawn owners, who often allege discrimination by way of large tea corporations.
A nation-degree hockey player in his school days, Gohain become additionally a protracted-distance runner.
He’s Chairperson, Parliamentary Committee on Welfare of Different Backward Training.