Pradyut Bordoloi (born 28 April 1959) is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam serving as the MLA for Dispur in the Assam Legislative Assembly since 2026. He was formerly a member of the Indian National Congress. As a Congress member, he was a four-term MLA for Margherita from 1998 to 2016, and a minister in the Government of Assam from 2001 to 2015.Congress key posts for Pradyut, NE leadersPradyut Bordoloi appointed govt spokesperson in Assam He was also the Member of Parliament for Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency from 2019 to 2026.Pradyut Bordoloi- Wins in Nagaon
Early life Bordoloi was born on 28 March 1959 in Margherita, Assam.Pradyut Bordoloi He graduated from Cotton College, Gauhati University with a MA, and from Jawaharlal Nehru University with an MPhil. He was the President of the Assam unit of the National Students’ Union of India.Pradyut Bordoloi, old Cong hand from Tinsukia joins call for transparency in party chief pollsCongress MP From Nagaon, Pradyut Bordoloi, Tests Positive For COVID-19
Political career Bordoloi was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly from Margherita in a by-poll in 1998,Congress stuns BJD-BJP in Orissa and was re-elected in 2001, 2006, and 2011.Margherita Constituency - Population, Polling Percentage, Facilities, Parties Vote Share, Last Election Results He was a minister of state in the first Tarun Gogoi-led Indian National Congress government from 2001 to 2006. He held portfolios of Industries, Commerce, Power, and Public Enterprises as a senior cabinet minister in the second and third Tarun Gogoi-led Congress ministries from 2006 to 2015. He stepped down as a minister in the 2015 cabinet reshuffle, and was subsequently appointed senior government spokesperson and advisor to the Chief Minister. In 2019, Bordoloi was elected to the Lok Sabha from Nagaon. He was re-elected from Nagaon in 2024. Bordoloi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 18 March 2026. He was elected from the Dispur constituency in the 2026 legislative assembly election.
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