{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Ripun Bora | native_name = | image = Ripun Bora in 2005 (cropped).jpg | image_size = 180 | office = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | term_start = 3 April 2016 | term_end = 2 April 2022 | predecessor = Pankaj Bora | successor = Rwngwra Narzary | constituency = Assam | office1 = President, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee | 1blankname1 = National President | 1namedata1 = Sonia Gandhi<br />Rahul Gandhi | predecessor1 = Anjan Dutta | successor1 = Bhupen Kumar Borah | term_start1 = 24 August 2016 | term_end1 = 24 July 2021 | office2 = Cabinet Minister, Assam | term_start2 = 21 May 2006 | term_end2 = 3 June 2008 | 1blankname2 = Chief Minister | 1namedata2 = Tarun Gogoi | 2blankname2 = Department | 2namedata2 = {{bulleted list|Education}} | predecessor2 = | successor2 = {{ubl|Bhumidhar Barman {{small|(Higher Education)}}|Gautam Bora {{small|(Elementary Education)}}|Ajanta Neog {{small|(Technical Education)}}}} | office3 = Minister of State (Independent Charge), Assam | term_start3 = 7 June 2002 | term_end3 = 21 May 2006 | 1blankname3 = Chief Minister | 1namedata3 = Tarun Gogoi | 2blankname3 = Departments | 2namedata3 = {{bulleted list|Panchayat and Rural Development|Elementary Education {{small|(2004–2006)}}}} | predecessor3 = {{ubl|Bhumidhar Barman {{small|(P&RD)}}|Pankaj Bora {{small|(Education)}}}} | successor3 = {{ubl|Chandan Brahma {{small|(P&RD)}}|Self {{small|(Education)}}}} | office4 = Member, Assam Legislative Assembly | predecessor4 = Ganesh Kutum | successor4 = Monika Bora | term_start4 = 14 May 2001 | term_end4 = 14 May 2011 | constituency4 = Gohpur | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|10|01}} | birth_place = | party = Indian National Congress (Before 2022, 2024 - present) | other_party = Trinamool Congress (2022–2024) | spouse = | children = | Religion = | alma_mater = Gauhati University (1978) | website = | footnotes = | date = | year = | source = | caption = Official Portrait, 2022 }}
'''Ripun Bora''' (born 1 October 1955) is an Indian politician from Assam and member of the Indian National Congress. He was the President of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee from 2016 to 2021.<ref name="business-standard">{{Cite news|last=ANI|date=2021-07-25|title=Bhupen Bora replaces Ripun Bora as Assam Congress chief|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/bhupen-bora-replaces-ripun-bora-as-assam-congress-chief-121072500019_1.html|access-date=2021-07-25}}</ref> He was the President of the Assam Trinamool Congress from 2022 to 2024.<ref name="tmc-quit">{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/tmc-assam-chief-quits-likely-to-return-to-cong/articleshow/112974918.cms |title=TMC Assam chief quits, likely to return to Cong |publisher=The Times of India |date=8 May 2024 |access-date=24 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="ripun-congress">{{cite web |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/assam/former-tmc-assam-unit-president-ripun-bora-returns-to-congress-3181485 |title=Former TMC Assam unit president Ripun Bora returns to Congress |publisher=Deccan Herald |date=23 April 2024 |access-date=24 May 2025}}</ref> Bora was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for Assam from 2016 to 2022, and he served as the MLA of Gohpur in the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2011.<ref name="RajyaSabha">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/politics/cross-voting-in-assam-congress-wins-both-rajya-sabha-seats-before-assembly-polls-1219450.html |title=Cross voting in Assam, Congress wins both Rajya Sabha seats before assembly polls |access-date=23 March 2016 |archive-date=24 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324001324/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/politics/cross-voting-in-assam-congress-wins-both-rajya-sabha-seats-before-assembly-polls-1219450.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bora was a cabinet minister in the Assam Government under Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi.<ref name="trinamool">{{cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2024/Sep/01/assam-tmc-president-ripun-bora-quits-says-party-perceived-by-public-as-regional |title=Assam TMC president Ripun Bora quits, says party perceived by public as regional |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=1 September 2024 |access-date=24 May 2025}}</ref>
==Biography== Bora is a graduate of Gauhati University. He was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly from Gohpur in 2001, and re-elected in 2006. He was a minister of state in the first Tarun Gogoi-led Indian National Congress government in Assam, and a cabinet minister in the second Gogoi ministry. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2016, and represented Assam until 2022.<ref name="RajyaSabha"/> Bora was elected president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee in 2016, and resigned following the party's defeat in the 2021 elections.<ref name="business-standard"/> He resigned from the Indian National Congress in 2022, and was elected president of the Assam Trinamool Congress.<ref name="trinamool"/> He joined the Indian National Congress again in 2024.<ref name="ripun-congress"/> On 3 June, 2008, Bora was arrested in Delhi for allegedly offering a bribe of Rs 10 lakhs to a CBI official, who was investigating the unresolved killing of Daniel Topno in September 2000.<ref name="ie">{{Cite news |date=28 August 2016 |author=Prasanta Mazumdar|title=Assam ex-minister returns from oblivion to head state Congress|work=New Indian Express |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2016/Aug/28/assam-ex-minister-returns-from-oblivion-to-head-state-congress-1513771.html|access-date=13 January 2026}}</ref> In 2012, he was acquitted of the bribery charge, and in 2014, the Kamrup Metro Session Court discharged him from the case completely.<ref name="ie"/>
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