Pradyut Bordoloi
Office 1Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term start 123 May 2019
Term end 118 March 2026
Predecessor 1Rajen Gohain
Constituency 1Nagaon
Office 2Cabinet Minister, Government of Assam
Term start 221 May 2006
Term end 225 January 2015
1blankname 2Chief Minister
1namedata 2Tarun Gogoi
2blankname 2Departments
2namedata 2
  • Industries and Commerce
  • Power
  • Public Enterprises
  • Education (2014–15)
Predecessor 2
Successor 2
  • Tarun Gogoi (Industries, Power, Public Enterprises)
  • Sarat Barkotoky (Education)
Office 3Minister of State (Independent Charge), Government of Assam
Term start 37 June 2002
Term end 321 May 2006
1blankname 3Chief Minister
1namedata 3Tarun Gogoi
2blankname 3Departments
2namedata 3
  • Environment and Forest
  • Sports and Youth Welfare (2004–06)
Predecessor 3
Successor 3
Office 4Minister of State, Government of Assam
Term start 417 May 2001
Term end 47 June 2002
1blankname 4Chief Minister
1namedata 4Tarun Gogoi
2blankname 4Departments
2namedata 4
  • Finance
  • Industries and Commerce
  • Information and Public Relations
  • Science and Technology
  • Environment and Forest
Office 5Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency 5Margherita
Term start 51998
Predecessor 5Tarun Gogoi
Successor 5Bhaskar Sharma
Term end 52016
Birth date28 April 1959 (age 67)
Birth placeMargherita, Assam
OccupationPolitician
PartyBharatiya Janata Party (2026–present)
Other partyIndian National Congress (1998–2026)
Alma materCotton College, Gauhati University (B.A, M.A)
Jawaharlal Nehru University (MPhil)

Pradyut Bordoloi (born 28 April 1959) is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam who served as the Member of Parliament for Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency since 2019 until 2026.[1][2] 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.[3][4] Bordoloi was previously a member of the Indian National Congress until 2026.

Early life

Bordoloi was born on 28 March 1959 in Margherita, Assam.[5] He graduated from Cotton College, Gauhati University with a MA, and from Jawaharlal Nehru University with an MPhil.[5] He was the President of the Assam unit of the National Students’ Union of India.[6][7]

Political career

Bordoloi was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly from Margherita in a by-poll in 1998,[8] and was re-elected in 2001, 2006, and 2011.[9] He was a minister of state in the first Tarun Gogoi-led Indian National Congress government from 2001 to 2006.[3] 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.[3] He stepped down as a minister in the 2015 cabinet reshuffle,[3] and was subsequently appointed senior government spokesperson and advisor to the Chief Minister.[4] In 2019, Bordoloi was elected to the Lok Sabha from Nagaon.[2] He was re-elected from Nagaon in 2024. He joined the BJP in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on 18 March 2026.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Assam assembly elections: MP Pradyut Bordoloi quits Congress after 30 years, gets offer from Himanta Biswa Sarma to join BJP". Times of India. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  2. ^ Pradyut Bordoloi- Wins in Nagaon
  3. ^ Congress key posts for Pradyut, NE leaders
  4. ^ Pradyut Bordoloi appointed govt spokesperson in Assam
  5. ^ Pradyut Bordoloi
  6. ^ Pradyut Bordoloi, old Cong hand from Tinsukia joins call for transparency in party chief polls
  7. ^ Congress MP From Nagaon, Pradyut Bordoloi, Tests Positive For COVID-19
  8. ^ Congress stuns BJD-BJP in Orissa
  9. ^ Margherita Constituency - Population, Polling Percentage, Facilities, Parties Vote Share, Last Election Results