He then returned to Assam and started solving the problems of citizenship crisis, land pattas, poverty, flood erosion, etc.

[citation needed] In 2017, he started traveling across the country with his colleagues and visited the homes of people bereaved by mob lynching and hate violence.

The journey of the Karwan began in Assam in 2017, in a small village of Nagaon in which two young boys were killed by mob lynching.

[8] Hussain was a member of Sambidhan Sevak, an initiative started by social worker and author Harsh Mander to spread awareness about the Indian constitution among the people in lower Assam.

[citation needed] He helped gather and distribute relief funds during the COVID-19 lockdown in India in the Barpeta district of Assam.

[citation needed] In the 2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election, Ashraful's party AIUDF allied themselves with Congress, Bodoland People's Front (BPF) and CPI-M named Mahajut.

[9] Hussain won against the incumbent Sukur Ali Ahmed, who was a four times elected legislator of Chenga and had served as a minister in the Tarun Gogoi led state government.

[10] Ashraful Hussain married Rehna Sultana, an assistant professor at Sibsagar Girls' College [citation needed], on 27 May 2021.