Congress candidates Ripun Bora and Ranee
Narah on Friday March 11,2016 filed their nominations for the two Rajya seats in Assam
which will fall vacant next month.
Ripun Bora was the former state Education minister, Ranee Narah was a Union minister in the previous UPA government.
Ripun Bora will be the party's first preference candidate and Ranee Narah will be the second preference candidate.
Ripun Bora, who had represented Gohpur Assembly constituency for two terms since 2001, was the state education minister from 2006 but was removed after he was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with a bribery case 2008.
Ripun Bora was accused of attempting to bribe CBI officials in connection with the killing of Daniel Toppo, a political opponent.
Ripun Bora was subsequently discharged in both the bribery and the murder cases. His wife Monika Bora went on to represent the Gohpur assembly constituency in 2011 assembly polls.
Former Union Minister Ranee Narah in the UPA II government had lost the last Lok Sabha polls from Lakhimpur to Union Minister and BJP Chief Minister candidate in Assam Sarbananda Sonowal.
While the last date of filing nominations for the polls is today, scrutiny will be held tomorrow, withdrawal on March 14 and polling will be held on March 21,2016
The duo filed their nominations before the Assam Legislative Assembly's Principal Secretary MK Deka
The Congress currently has 69 legislators in the 126-member house with nine of its former members, who joined the BJP last year, disqualified from the Assembly.
Elections to the Rajya Sabha were necessitated following the scheduled retirement of two Congress members Naznin Faruque and Pankaj Bora on April 2,2016
Ripun Bora was the former state Education minister, Ranee Narah was a Union minister in the previous UPA government.
Ripun Bora will be the party's first preference candidate and Ranee Narah will be the second preference candidate.
Ripun Bora, who had represented Gohpur Assembly constituency for two terms since 2001, was the state education minister from 2006 but was removed after he was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with a bribery case 2008.
Ripun Bora was accused of attempting to bribe CBI officials in connection with the killing of Daniel Toppo, a political opponent.
Ripun Bora was subsequently discharged in both the bribery and the murder cases. His wife Monika Bora went on to represent the Gohpur assembly constituency in 2011 assembly polls.
Former Union Minister Ranee Narah in the UPA II government had lost the last Lok Sabha polls from Lakhimpur to Union Minister and BJP Chief Minister candidate in Assam Sarbananda Sonowal.
While the last date of filing nominations for the polls is today, scrutiny will be held tomorrow, withdrawal on March 14 and polling will be held on March 21,2016
The duo filed their nominations before the Assam Legislative Assembly's Principal Secretary MK Deka
The Congress currently has 69 legislators in the 126-member house with nine of its former members, who joined the BJP last year, disqualified from the Assembly.
Elections to the Rajya Sabha were necessitated following the scheduled retirement of two Congress members Naznin Faruque and Pankaj Bora on April 2,2016
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