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Ripun Bora

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Ripun Bora
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 2016 – 2 April 2022
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPankaj Bora
Succeeded byRwngwra Narzary
ConstituencyAssam
President of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
24 August 2016 – 24 July 2021
National PresidentSonia Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi
Preceded byAnjan Dutta
Succeeded byBhupen Kumar Borah
President of Trinamool Congress, Assam state unit
In office
2022 – 01 September 2024
Preceded byDr. M. Shanti Kumar Singha
Personal details
Born (1955-10-01) 1 October 1955 (age 69)
Political partyIndian National Congress (Before 2022, 2024 - present)
Other political
affiliations		Trinamool Congress (2022–2024)
Alma materGauhati 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

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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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  1. ^ "TMC Assam chief quits, likely to return to Cong". The Times of India. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Former TMC Assam unit president Ripun Bora returns to Congress". Deccan Herald. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  3. ^ ANI (25 July 2021). "Bhupen Bora replaces Ripun Bora as Assam Congress chief". Business Standard India. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Assam TMC president Ripun Bora quits, says party perceived by public as regional". The New Indian Express. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  5. ^ Cross voting in Assam, Congress wins both Rajya Sabha seats before assembly polls
  6. ^ "Derek O'Brien, 7 other Opposition MPS suspended over Rajya Sabha ruckus on farm bills". 21 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Motion seeking suspension of MPS, who intimidated deputy chair Harivansh, likely in Rajya Sabha tomorrow".
  8. ^ "Assam minister tries to bribe CBI in murder case, arrested". The Economic Times. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ^ Desk, Digital (26 February 2020). "Trouble for Ripun Bora as Daniel Toppo murder case listed for hearing in High Court » News Live TV » Assam". News Live TV. Retrieved 1 April 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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