Courtesy Ashraful Hussain
A 27-year-old social activist from Assam, Ashraful Hussain, successfully contested the 2021 assembly elections from the Chenga constituency to become the youngest legislator in the state. Hussain was born in Haripur village in the riverine area of Assam’s Barpeta district. He grew up in a community of Bengal-origin Muslims or Miya Muslims and witnessed first-hand the struggle for citizenship faced by his people, especially while the government updated of the National Register of Citizens in the state. The process, which requires residents to prove their citizenship, stripped lakhs of Assamese residents of their rights.
Hussain has been part of a literary movement of Miya poetry in the state, in which poets highlight the discrimination and existential fears of the Miya Muslim community. The poets’ assertion of their Miya identity and language prompted backlash, including police complaints accusing them of defaming the Assamese people, and promin
Assam: Activist Ashraful Hussain Wins Chenga Seat, Trounces Senior Politicos
The 27-year-old, who has faced the wrath of many for his contribution to Miyah poetry, will be one of the youngest representatives in the upcoming Assam assembly.
Activist Ashraful Hussain after emerging victorious in Chenga assembly segment in Assam. Photo: Facebook.
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Guwahati: Twenty-seven-year-old poet and a social activist Ashraful Hussain, who won the Chenga assembly constituency located in lower Assamâs Barpeta district, is one of the youngest candidates among who either won or contested in the 126-seat Assam state assembly elections.
Hussain is now an elected representative from the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) party.
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