Kushal Dowari (born 1 July 1966 in Bokata Khamun, Sivasagar) is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam. He was elected in the Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2016 from Thowra constituency. He is a former militant of United Liberation Front of Asom.[1][2][3][4]
Dowari was a SULFA leader before elected as an MLA.[5][6]
He is a former president of Samaj Bikash Manch a Social Organisation as well as founding president of Nabadeep Samay Bikash Manch an NGO established by Bharatiya Janata Party.[7]
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- ^ Indo-Asian News Service (4 April 2016). "Journalist's daughter furious over BJP for fielding her father's killer". India Today. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ My Neta
- ^ The daughter of journalist Kamala Saikia is furious that the BJP has fielded in Assam's assembly elections former ULFA militant Kushal Dowari
- ^ Such a long journey
- ^ Talukdar, Mrinal; Borpujari, Utpal; Deka, Kaushik (2009). Secret Killings of Assam: The Horror Tales from the Land of Red River and Blue Hills. Human Rights Law Network (New Delhi, India), Nanda Talukdar Foundation (Gauhati, India). Socio Legal Information Cent. p. 57. ISBN 978-81-89479-51-0.
- ^ Institute for Conflict Management (New Delhi, India) (1999). "Faultlines". Faultlines. 8–11: 29. ISSN 0972-1290 – via WorldCat.
- ^ MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (M.L.A.), ASSAM