Ripun Bora is a senior Congress leader from Assam and a former Rajya Sabha MP as well as a former CPM president in Assam.
Ripun Bora is a senior leader of the Indian National Congress from Assam who has held key positions including Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha and former President of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee. He is considered one of the party’s experienced and influential figures in the country’s political scene.
In the 2026 Assam Assembly elections, he is contesting from Barshala constituency as part of Congress’ strategy to field senior leaders in key battlefield seats. He is facing off against BJP’s Ganesh Kumar Limbu, making it a direct Congress-BJP contest aimed at strengthening the opposition’s presence in central Assam.
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5 Key Facts about Ripon Bora
- Ripun Bora began his mainstream electoral career by winning from Johpur constituency in 2001, where he entered the Assam Legislative Assembly and established himself as a major face of the Congress party in upper Assam politics. His early victory marked the beginning of more than a decade of influence in ruling the state.
- He served in the Assam government under Prime Minister Tarun Gogoi, holding important ministerial positions including Education and Rural Development between 2002 and 2008, where he was involved in implementing policies related to education infrastructure and rural social welfare schemes.
- In 2016, he was appointed Chairman of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee, where he was responsible for organizational rebuilding and election strategy during the Congress political contest in Assam.
- Also in 2016, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha, to serve until 2022, where he represented Assam at the national level and participated in parliamentary debates and policy debates.
- In 2022, he left the Indian National Congress to join the Trinamool Congress, but returned to the Congress in 2024, re-entering Assam’s active political scene and continuing his role as a senior opposition leader in state politics.
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