Pradyut Bordoloi | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 23 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Rajen Gohain |
Constituency | Nowgong |
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1998–2016 | |
Preceded by | Tarun Gogoi |
Succeeded by | Bhaskar Sharma |
Constituency | Margherita |
Personal details | |
Born | Margherita, Assam | 28 April 1959
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Children | Two Sons |
Alma mater |
Cotton College,
Gauhati University Jawaharlal Nehru University |
Occupation | Politician |
Pradyut Bordoloi (born 28 April 1959) 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]
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]
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]