Pradyut Bordoloi

Pradyut Bordoloi (23 March 1958) is an Indian National Congress politician from Assam currently serving as the Member of Parliament for Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency since 2019.[1] He was previously a four-term member of the Assam Legislative Assembly representing Margherita from 1998 to 2016, and a minister in the Government of Assam between 2001 and 2015.[2][3]

Pradyut Bordoloi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byRajen Gohain
ConstituencyNowgong
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
In office
1998–2016
Preceded byTarun Gogoi
Succeeded byBhaskar Sharma
ConstituencyMargherita
Personal details
Born (1958-03-28) 28 March 1958
Margherita, Assam
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
ChildrenTwo Sons
Alma materCotton College, Gauhati University
Jawaharlal Nehru University
OccupationPolitician

Early life

Bordoloi was born on 28 March 1958 in Margherita, Assam.[4] He graduated from Cotton College, Gauhati University with a MA, and from Jawaharlal Nehru University with a MPhil.[4] He was the President of the Assam unit of the National Students’ Union of India.[5][6]

Political career

Bordoloi was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly from Margherita in a by-poll in 1998,[7] and was re-elected in 2001, 2006, and 2011.[8] He was a minister of state in the First Tarun Gogoi Ministry from 2001 to 2006.[2] He held portfolios of Industries, Commerce, Power, and Public Enterprises as a senior cabinet minister in the Second Tarun Gogoi Ministry and Third Tarun Gogoi Ministry from 2006 to 2015.[2] He stepped down as a minister in the 2015 cabinet reshuffle,[2] and was subsequently appointed senior government spokesperson and advisor to the Chief Minister.[3] In 2019, Bordoloi was elected to the Lok Sabha from Nowgong.[1]

References
  1. Pradyut Bordoloi- Wins in Nagaon
  2. Congress key posts for Pradyut, NE leaders
  3. Pradyut Bordoloi appointed govt spokesperson in Assam
  4. Pradyut Bordoloi
  5. Pradyut Bordoloi, old Cong hand from Tinsukia joins call for transparency in party chief polls
  6. Congress MP From Nagaon, Pradyut Bordoloi, Tests Positive For Covid-19
  7. Congress stuns BJD-BJP in Orissa
  8. Margherita Constituency - Population, Polling Percentage, Facilities, Parties Vote Share, Last Election Results
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