Bhargab Jyoti Medhi

His Excellency Sri Nayak Deeptansh Maha Sri Indra Bhargab Jyoti Medhi GCMB GCVS GCSK CFLB KCCP KCCM KCCU GCSV DLSM** CSM
Governor of Basistha
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 May 2023
Monarch	Varuna Sriraya
Rajpramukh	Anoushkaa Patranabish
Prime Minister	Farhaz Hazarika
Preceded by	Tanvi Sridasa
Mayor of Dadara
In office 29 March 2023 – 25 July 2023
Monarchs	Anirban Phatowali
Governor	Rajdeep Deka
Preceded by	Reshmi Hazarika
Succeeded by	Pallavi Rai
Coordinating Minister of Community and Linguistic Affairs, Minister of Health and Public Sanitation
In office 17 June 2020 – 28 January 2021
Monarchs	Tanishkaa Patranabish Varuna Sriraya
Prime Minister	Princess Anoushkaa
Governor-General of Purvanchal
In office 2 February 2020 – 13 May 2020
President	Varuna Sriraya Tanishkaa Patranabish
Prime Minister	Tanishkaa Patranabish Anoushkaa Patranabish Tanishkaa Patranabish
Preceded by	Asmi Patranabish (as Governor)
Succeeded by	Mridul Amin (as Governor)
Gubernatorial offices Governor of Uttaranchal In office 17 September 2017 – 25 December 2017 President Varuna Sriraya Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish Preceded by Rajdeep Deka (additional charge) Succeeded by Reshmi Hazarika (additional charge) In office 4 September 2019 – 4 October 2019 President Varuna Sriraya Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish Chief Minister Dishant Kashyap Preceded by Reshmi Hazarika Succeeded by Sampriti Paul Governor of Beltola In office 4 October 2019 – 2 February 2020 President Varuna Sriraya Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish Preceded by Abhiraj Kar Succeeded by Princess Asmi (as Governor-General)
Senior cabinet offices Minister of Law and Justice In office 12 April 2017 – 7 September 2017 Prime Minister Klarissa Sriraya Tanishkaa Patranabish Preceded by Rajdeep Deka Succeeded by Kalyan Dey In office 17 August 2019 – 2 September 2019 Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish Preceded by Bishnu Chetry Succeeded by Arnab Deka In office 13 May 2020 – 8 June 2020 President Tanishkaa Patranabish Preceded by Position vacant Succeeded by Sampriti Paul Minister of Cabinet Affairs In office 22 July 2017 – 6 August 2017 Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish Preceded by Anoushkaa Patranabish Succeeded by Sanghita Roy In office 25 December 2017 – 21 March 2018 Prime Minister Varuna Sriraya Preceded by Asmi Patranabis Succeeded by Jemina Hazarika, MoS (I/C) In office 16 July 2019 – 6 August 2019 Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish Preceded by Tanishkaa Patranabish Succeeded by Tanishkaa Patranabish Minister of Human Resource Development In office 13 May 2018 – 12 October 2018 Preceded by Bishnu Chetry Succeeded by Asmi Patranabis In office 17 March 2019 – 16 July 2019 Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish Preceded by Asmi Patranabis Succeeded by Tanishkaa Patranabish In office 6 August 2019 – 17 August 2019 Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish Preceded by Tanishkaa Patranabish Succeeded by Ankurjyoti Thakuria Minister of Minority Affairs In office 7 January 2019 – 28 February 2019 Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish Preceded by Mridul Amin, MoS (I/C) Succeeded by Jemina Hazarika, MoS (I/C) Minister of Information and Broadcasting In office 28 February 2019 – 17 March 2019 Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish Preceded by Anirban Phatowali Succeeded by Anirban Phatowali In office 9 June 2020 – 17 June 2020 Prime Minister Princess Anoushkaa Preceded by Pallavi Rai, MoS (I/C) Succeeded by Saikat Seal Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs In office 28 February 2019 – 3 June 2019 Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish Preceded by Saikat Seal Succeeded by Manoj Chetry Minister of Parliamentary Affairs In office 16 July 2019 – 17 August 2019 Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish Preceded by Abhiraj Kar Succeeded by Abhiraj Kar Minister of Public Administration In office 17 August 2019 – 2 September 2019 Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish Preceded by Abhiraj Kar Succeeded by Ministry abolished Minister of Health In office 13 May 2020 – 7 June 2020 Succeeded by Reshmi Hazarika Minister of International Relations In office 7 June 2020 – 17 June 2020 Prime Minister Princess Anoushkaa Preceded by Asmi Patranabis Succeeded by Ministry abolished
Other ministerial offices Minister of State of Child Welfare In office 6 December 2015 – 10 July 2016 Prime Minister Klarissa Sriraya Varuna Sriraya Preceded by Position created Succeeded by None Minister of State of Finance In office 10 July 2016 – 2 October 2016 Prime Minister Varuna Sriraya Preceded by Arnab Deka Succeeded by Anirban Phatowali In office 17 February 2017 – 12 April 2017 Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish Preceded by Anirban Phatowali Succeeded by Jemina Hazarika Minister of State of External Affairs In office 2 October 2016 – 12 February 2017 Prime Minister Varuna Sriraya Preceded by Position created Succeeded by Manoj Chetry Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Information and Broadcasting In office 30 December 2016 – 5 February 2017 Prime Minister Varuna Sriraya Preceded by Varuna Sriraya Succeeded by Asmi Patranabis Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Planning and Group Development In office 5 February 2017 – 12 April 2017 Prime Minister Varuna Sriraya Preceded by Asmi Patranabis Succeeded by Manoj Chetry
Personal details
Born	2001 (age 22–23) India
Citizenship	India Vishwamitra
Political party	National People's Congress
Occupation	Politician
Religion	Hindu
Ethnicity	Assamese

Bhargab Jyoti Medhi, Sri Nawab Deeptansh is a Vishwamitran politician who currently serves as the Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Diversity and Integration in the fourth Klarissa Sriraya ministry since 15 June 2024. He had previously held various other positions including serving as the Governor of Kamrupa, Governor of Basistha, Mayor of Dadara and various other ministerial positions with cabinet rank and state rank.

Micronational career

Early political career

Bhargab Jyoti Medhi joined micronationalism at the persuade of his classmates- Varuna Sriraya and Bishnu Chetry in July 2015 and attained citizenship in then Children's Group. He began his political career in December 2015 after being elected as a member of the Lok Sabha.

Ministerial career (2015–2017)

Medhi was inducted in the council of ministers of Prime Minister Klarissa Sriraya as Minister of State for Child Welfare on 6 December 2015. He joined the Friends Society Secular Party ahead of the general election of April 2016 and was re-elected to the Lok Sabha and became a part of the council of ministers of Prime Minister Varuna Sriraya on 11 April 2016. He was re-appointed as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Social and Child Welfare.

In July the same year, in a cabinet reshuffle, he was appointed as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Salaries and got the additional charge of the Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs in October the same year. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in December 2016.

Upon his re-election to the Lok Sabha, he was re-inducted to the union council of ministers and was appointed as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Information and Broadcasting and the Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs and Regional Affairs in the Fourth Varuna Sriraya ministry. He was promoted as a minister of state with independent charge which was considered as an reward of his continuous dedication and handwork. As the Minister of I&B, he was instrumental in pioneering the creation the official WhatsApp group and platform for communication between the citizens.

In a cabinet reshuffle in February 2017, he was appointed as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning and Group Development after having swapped portfolios with Asmi Patranabis who was appointed as the Minister of Information and Broadcasting. He was also given the additional charge of the Minister of State for Finance and Salaries after incumbent minister of state Anirban Phatowali was promoted to cabinet rank. He was one of the ministers who along with Prime Minister Varuna Sriraya joined the Friends Society Independent Party in February.

In April 2017, then Prime Minister Varuna Sriraya resigned after being chosen to be the President. He was succeeded as the prime minister by Independent Party President Klarissa Sriraya on 12 April 2017. Bhargab Jyoti Medhi was promoted as a cabinet rank minister in her cabinet and held the portfolios of Minister of Law and Justice, Group Members Development, and Sanitation and Cleanliness Campaign.

He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in July 2017 and became a part of the unity government of Tanishkaa Patranabish. He was appointed as the Minister of Law and Justice, and Sanitation and Hygiene. On 23 July, Anoushkaa Patranabish, who was a minister in the ministry, resigned after being elected the Vice President. Medhi was briefly assigned the additional portfolio of the Minister of Cabinet Affairs. He continued to serve as a minister until being dropped from the ministry ahead of a reshuffle on 6 September 2017.

Governorship

First term (2017)

A week after being dropped from the union cabinet, he was appointed as the Governor of Uttar Guwahati on 17 September 2017 succeeding Rajdeep Deka who held the additional charge of the Governor of Uttar Guwahati since the resignation of incumbent governor Kalyan Dey on 6 September 2017. Medhi continued to serve as the governor until being re-invited to join the council of ministers in December 2017. He resigned as the governor on 25 December 2017 hours before being inducted to the union cabinet.

Second term (2019–2020)

After resigning from the union council of ministers on 1 September, Medhi was re-appointed as the Governor of Uttaranchal on a second occasion on 4 September 2019. He continued to serve as the state's governor until being transferred and appointed as the Governor of Beltola for the remainder of his tenure on 4 October 2019. Prior to being permanently appointed as the Governor of Beltola, he held the additional charge of the state's governor from 29 September 2019 following the resignation of incumbent governor Abhiraj Kar who had resigned to be a part of the union council of ministers. As the Governor of Beltola, he was a part of the gubernatorial committee formed by President Varuna Sriraya after the Supreme Court's historic verdict disqualifying the chief ministers of the states as sitting members of parliament. The committee was presided over the Governor of Purvanchal Rajdeep Deka.

In a series of changes to the territorial machinery, the states of Purvanchal, Beltola, Uttaranchal and Madhya Prant were declared as dominions under the commonwealth, each headed by a presidential representative titled the "Governor-General". Accordingly, Medhi was transferred and appointed as the inaugural Governor-General of Purvanchal on 2 February 2020 and he continued to serve on the position until 13 May 2020 when the dominion-hood was abolished and statehood was conferred back on Purvanchal and the other states.

Later ministerial career (2017–2019, 2020–2021)

Medhi resigned as the Governor of Uttar Guwahati on 25 December 2017 in order to join the union council of ministers. He was sworn-in as a cabinet minister and assigned the portfolio of the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs in the union cabinet. During the general election in March 2018, he was re-elected to the parliament but failed to be appointed as a minister.

In the post-coup cabinet of Tanishkaa Patranabish, Medhi was appointed as the Minister of Human Resource Development and Regional and State Affairs on 14 May 2018 and served on the positions till 12 October 2018. He was appointed to the council of ministers on 7 January 2019 as the Minister of Minority Affairs, Art and Literature and served till the cabinet reshuffle on 28 February 2019. In the cabinet reshuffle held on 28 January 2019, he was appointed as the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and Sports and Youth Affairs.

He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha during the 2019 general election and was appointed to the council of ministers under prime minister Tanishkaa Patranabish on 17 March 2019. He was appointed as the Minister of Human Resource Development, and Sports and Youth Affairs and held the positions till the cabinet reshuffle on 3 June 2019. In a short cabinet reshuffle held on 3 June 2019, he was appointed as the Minister of Culture replacing Anirban Phatowali who was dropped from the cabinet. He was appointed as the Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs on 16 July 2019 and served till August 2019 when he was appointed as the Minister of Law and Justice with additional charge of Human Resource Development. His last assignment in the council of ministers prior to being appointed a governor was as the Minister of Public Administration which he served from 17 August till 2 September 2019. He resigned from the cabinet on 2 September 2019 and assumed the charge of the Governor of Uttaranchal two days later on 4 September.

After serving as the governor of three states between September 2019 and May 2020, he re-joined the union council of ministers on 13 May 2020 as the Minister of Law and Justice and Health. He also served as a minister in the Second Anoushkaa Patranabish ministry from June 2020 till January 2021. He was appointed as the Minister of International Relations and Minister of Information and Broadcasting under prime minister Princess Anoushkaa on 8 June 2020. In a cabinet rejig on 17 June 2020, he was appointed as the Coordinating Minister of Linguistic and Community Development with additional charge as Minister of Public Health. He served on these positions till 28 January 2021.

Mayor of Dadara (2023–)

After being on a political semi-retirement for more than two years, he returned to politics and governance after being appointed as the Mayor of Dadara on 29 March 2023 by the Rajpramukh of Kamrupa to succeed Reshmi Hazarika who was appointed as the Governor of Uttaranchal on 17 March.

Governorship (2023–)

In a surprising move, Prince Abhiraj, then Governor of Beltola resigned from office on 28 May 2023 and the same was accepted by His Illustrious and Royal Majesty the Rashtradhyaksh. As a consequence to his resignation, the Governor of Basistha Tanvi Sridasa was transferred and appointed as the Governor of Beltola for the remainder of her tenure. While, in order to fill the vacancy caused by the transfer of Tanvi Sridasa to Beltola, Bhargab Jyoti Medhi was appointed as the Governor of Basistha on 28 May 2023 and he has been serving in office since then.

Honours

Honours of Vishwamitra

• Vishwamitra:
  • Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of Sri Maha Vishwamitra (GCSV) (1 August 2024)
  • Commander of the Most Exalted Order of Sri Maha Vishwamitra (CSV) (8 June 2024)
  • Recipient of the Distinguished and Long Service Medal, with two clasps (DLSM**) (15 April 2022)
  • Recipient of the Civil Service Medal (CSM) (11 January 2024)
  • Recipient of the Commemorative Medal of the Crystal Jubilee of the Foundation of Vishwamitra (15 April 2022)
  • Recipient of the Commemorative Medal of the 21st Birthday of Rashtradhyaksh Varuna Sriraya (11 January 2023)
  • Recipient of the Installation Medal of Rashtradhyaksh III (1 August 2024)
• Basistha:
  • Grand Companion of the Most Excellent Order of Merit of Basistha (GCMB) – Maha Sri Satya (27 January 2024)
• Beltola:
  • Commander First Class of the Most Faithful Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Beltola (CFLB) – Maha Vijaya (17 April 2023)
• Kamrupa:
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the State of Kamrupa (GCSK) – Maha Sri Paduka (1 October 2024)
• Madhya Prant:
  • Knight Companion of the Most Blessed Order of the Crown of Madhya Prant (KCCM) – Maha Prathama (23 February 2024)
• Purvanchal:
  • Knight Grand Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of the Maharaja Varuna Sriraya (GCVS) – Maha Sri Indra (25 June 2023)
  • Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Crown of Purvanchal (KCCP) – Maha Uttama (2 January 2023)
  • Recipient of the Silver Wedding Jubilee Medal of the Prince Father and Princess Mother (5 February 2024)
• Uttaranchal:
  • Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Crown of Uttaranchal (KCCU) – Maha Shrestha (14 September 2024)
  • Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Crown of Uttaranchal (CCU) (4 May 2023)

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