Originally a leader in the Asom Gana Parishad, in June 2015 he abandoned the faltering AGP for the Bharatiya Janata Party.

"[1] In 2015, Jagadish Bhuyan joined Bharatiya Janata Party and was an executive member of BJP Assam Pradesh.

Mr. Jagadish Bhuyan is appointed coordinator by Basanta Deka and Krishna Gopal Bhattacharjya convenors of AJP on 14 September 2020.

[5][6][7] He started his social life in 1979 as the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) activist of the Kakapather Anchalik Committee.

[9] [10] In December 2020 he was appointed the secretary of the newly formed regional political party Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP).

He acted in featured films likes Daag, Kanyadaan, Seuji Dharani Dhuniya, Bidhata, Aami Asomiya, Bholaborar Dinlipi etc.

Nine youths were picked up by the Army from different areas of Tinsukia district on 18 February 1994, on suspicion that they were involved in the killing of a top tea garden executive.

[citation needed] Jagadish Bhuyan relentlessly pursued the legal battle against the extrajudicial killings for 24-odd years and won the case in 2017.

Jagadish Bhuyan had filed a Habeas Corpus petition in the Gauhati High Court on 22 February of the same year, seeking the whereabouts of the youths.

The High Court asked the Indian Army to produce the nine AASU (All Assam Students Union) leaders at the nearest police station.

[14] The Assam Petrochemicals Limited (APL) started a pilot project on 5 October 2018 on the use of methanol as an alternative to cooking gas.

APL Chairman, Jagadish Bhuyan and NITI Aayog's Dr. VK Saraswat played a vital role in launching this project.