Ripun Bora
Ripun Bora | |
|---|---|
| File:Ripun Bora portrait.jpg Official Portrait, 2022 | |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 3 April 2016 – 2 April 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Pankaj Bora |
| Succeeded by | Rwngwra Narzary |
| Constituency | Assam |
| President of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee | |
| In office 24 August 2016 – 24 July 2021 | |
| National President | Sonia Gandhi Rahul Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Anjan Dutta |
| Succeeded by | Bhupen Kumar Borah |
| President of Trinamool Congress, Assam state unit | |
| In office 2022 – 01 September 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Dr. M. Shanti Kumar Singha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1955 |
| Party | Indian National Congress (Before 2022, 2024 - present) |
| Other political affiliations | Trinamool Congress (2022–2024) |
| Alma mater | Gauhati University (1978) |
Ripun Bora (born 1 October 1955) is an Indian politician and leader of the Indian National Congress party from Assam. He served as President of the Assam Trinamool Congress from 2022 to 2024.[1][2] He was the President of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee from 2016 to 2021,[3] and Member of Rajya Sabha for Assam from 2016 to 2022. Bora also served as the Minister of Education, Government of Assam.[4] He was a member of the Indian National Congress till 2022.[5]
Controversy
[edit | edit source]On 21 September 2020, Ripun Bora along with seven other members was suspended from the Rajya Sabha for their unruly behaviour in the house by tearing documents, breaking mics and heckling the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. Their actions were condemned by several leaders.[6][7]
On 3 June 2008 then Education Minister of Assam, Ripun Bora was arrested in Delhi for offering and paying bribe of Rs one million to a CBI official, who was investigating the September 2000 murder of Daniel Topno.
Bora was one of the accused in the murder case. Topno, who was the District President of All Assam Tea Tribe Students Union, was Bora's political rival during the1996 Assam Assembly election. The case was handed over to CBI in 2001 after Assam Police failed to make any progress.[8]
Although, in 2014 Kamrup Metro Session Court acquitted Bora, CBI filed a criminal revision petition in Guwahati High Court and the case was registered on 3 June. No hearing has taken place on the matter since 2014.[9]
References
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- Indian National Congress politicians from Assam
- Rajya Sabha members from Assam
- Living people
- Assam MLAs 2016–2021
- State cabinet ministers of Assam
- 1955 births
- Trinamool Congress politicians from Assam
- Assam MLAs 2001–2006
- Assam MLAs 2006–2011
- Gauhati University alumni
- Presidents of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee