Assam Pradesh Congress Committee

Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
President	Bhupen Kumar Borah
Chairman	Debabrata Saikia
Headquarters	Rajiv Bhawan, GS Road, Guwahati, Assam
Student wing	National Students' Union of India
Youth wing	Indian Youth Congress
Women's wing	All India Mahila Congress
Ideology	Liberalism (Indian);
Political position	Centre
ECI Status	National Party
Alliance	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance; United Opposition Forum
Seats in Lok Sabha	3 / 14
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 7
Seats in Assam Legislative Assembly	23 / 126
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Website
	apcc.assam.org
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (or Assam PCC) was formed in June 1921. Its headquarters is at Rajiv Bhavan in GS Road Guwahati.

Kuladhar Chaliha was the first elected president and Chabilal Upadhyaya^[1] was the first selected president of the committee when it was founded.^[2]^[3]

Bhupen Kumar Borah is appointed as the new president on 24 July 2021 replacing Ripun Bora.^[4]^[5]

List of Leaders of Opposition

S.no	Name	Portrait
1.	Gopinath Bordoloi
2.	Golok Rajbanshi
3.	Debabrata Saikia
4.

Structure & composition

S.no	Name	Designation
1.	Jitendra Singh	AICC Incharge
2.	Bhupen Kumar Borah	President Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
3.	Jakir Hussain Sikdar	Working President Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
4.	Zubair Anam	President Assam Pradesh Youth Congress
5.	Mira Borthakur Goswami	President Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress
6.	Dr Sanju Boruah	General Secretary Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
7.	Krishna Baruah	President Assam NSUI
8.	Mehdi Alam Borah	Senior Spokesperson Assam Pradesh Congress Committee

List of National & State Presidents

S.no	President	Portrait	Place of Conference	Term
1.	Dev Kant Baruah		Chandigarh	1975	1977

S.no	President	Portrait	Term
	Chabilal Upadhyaya		1921	1921
	Kuladhar Chaliha		1921
	Tarun Ram Phukan
	Bishnuram Medhi		1930	1940
	Maulana Mohammad Tayyebulla		1940	1948
	Sriman Prafulla Goswami		1961
1.	Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati		1967	1971
2.	Dharanidhar Das		1981	1982
3.	Harendra Nath Talukdar		1982	1983
4.	Dharanidhar Basumatari		1983	1986
5.	Tarun Gogoi		1986	1990
6.	Hiteswar Saikia		1990	1992
7.	Nakul Das		1993	1996
(6).	Hiteswar Saikia		1996	1996
(5).	Tarun Gogoi		1996	2002
8.	Paban Singh Ghatowar		2002	2004
9.	Bhubaneswar Kalita	Kalita in Left side	2004	2014
10.	Anjan Dutta		13 December 2014	16 June 2016
11.	Ripun Bora		24 August 2016	24 July 2021
12.	Bhupen Kumar Borah		24 July 2021	Incumbent

Assam Legislative Assembly election

Year	Legislature	Party leader	Seats Contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Votes	Percentage of votes	Vote swing	Outcome
1952	1st Assembly	Bishnu Ram Medhi	92	76 / 105	new	10,64,850	43.48	new	Government
1957	2nd Assembly	Bishnu Ram Medhi	101	71 / 108	5	13,21,367	52.35	8.87	Government
1962	3rd Assembly	Bimala Prasad Chaliha	103	79 / 105	8	11,79,305	48.25	4.1	Government
1967	4th Assembly	Bimala Prasad Chaliha	120	73 / 126	6	13,54,748	43.60	4.65	Government
1972	5th Assembly	Sarat Chandra Sinha	114	95 / 126	22	19,76,209	53.20	9.6	Government
1978	6th Assembly	Sarat Chandra Sinha	126	26 / 126	69	12,20,189	23.62	29.58	Opposition
1983	7th Assembly	Hiteswar Saikia	109	91 / 109	65	11,94,657	52.53	28.91	Government
1985	8th Assembly		125	26 / 126	66	17,24,003	23.23	29.3	Opposition
1991	9th Assembly		125	66 / 126	40	24,55,302	29.35	6.12	Government
1996	10th Assembly	Bhumidhar Barman	122	34 / 122	32	27,78,627	30.56	1.21	Opposition
2001	11th Assembly	Tarun Gogoi	126	71 / 126	39	42,30,676	39.75	9.19	Government
2006	12th Assembly		120	53 / 126	18	41,02,479	31.08	8.67	Government
2011	13th Assembly		126	78 / 126	25	54,43,781	39.39	8.31	Government
2016	14th Assembly		122	26 / 126	52	52,38,655	30.96	8.43	Opposition
2021	15th Assembly	Debabrata Saikia	95	29 / 126	3	57,03,341	29.67	1.29	Opposition

List of Chief Ministers of Assam from Indian National Congress

S.no	Name	Term
1.	Gopinath Bordoloi	26 January 1950	6 August 1950	192 days
2.	Bishnuram Medhi	9 August 1950	27 December 1957	7 years, 140 days
3.	Bimala Prasad Chaliha	27 December 1957	6 November 1970	12 years, 314 days
4.	Mahendra Mohan Choudhry	6 November 1970	30 January 1972	1 year, 85 days
5.	Sarat Chandra Sinha	31 January 1972	12 March 1978	6 years, 40 days
6.	Anwara Taimur	6 December 1980	30 June 1981	206 days
7.	Kesab Chandra Gogoi	13 January 1982	19 March 1982	65 days
8.	Hiteswar Saikia	27 February 1983	23 December 1985	7 years, 231 days
8.	Hiteswar Saikia	30 June 1991	22 April 1996	7 years, 231 days
9.	Bhumidhar Barman	22 April 1996	14 May 1996	22 days
10.	Tarun Gogoi	18 May 2001	24 May 2016	15 years, 6 days

List of Union Ministers

S.No.	Ministe	Prime Minister	Constituency	Term	Ministry
1.	Dev Kant Baruah	Indira Gandhi	Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas	5 February 1973 to 10 October 1974	Third Indira Gandhi ministry

2.	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	Indira Gandhi	Minister of Power and Irrigation	29 January 1966 – 13 November 1966	First Indira Gandhi ministry
			Minister of Education	13 November 1966 – 12 March 1967	First Indira Gandhi ministry
			Minister of Industrial Development, Internal Trade and Company Affairs	13 March 1967 – 27 June 1970	Second Indira Gandhi ministry
			Minister of Food and Agriculture	27 June 1970 – 3 July 1974	Third Indira Gandhi ministry

3.	Santosh Mohan Dev	Manmohan Singh	Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises	23 May 2004-22 May 2009	First Manmohan Singh ministry
			Minister of State for Water Resources(Independent Charge)	18 November 2005 – 28 January 2006	First Manmohan Singh ministry
			Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises(Independent Charge)	23 May 2004-29 January 2006	First Manmohan Singh ministry
		P. V. Narasimha Rao	Minister of State for Steel(Independent Charge)	21 June 1991-16 May 1996	Rao ministry
		Rajiv Gandhi	Minister of State for Tourism	12 May 1986-28 July 1987	Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry
			Minister of State for Defence	14 February 1988-4 July 1989	Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry
			Minister of State for Home Affairs	25 June 1988-2 December 1989	Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry

4.	Bijoy Krishna Handique	Manmohan Singh	Minister of Mines	28 May 2009-19 January 2011	Second Manmohan Singh ministry
			Minister of Development of North Eastern Region	28 May 2009-12 July 2011	Second Manmohan Singh ministry
			Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs	23 May 2004-6 April 2008	First Manmohan Singh ministry
			Minister of State for Defence	23 May 2004-29 January 2006	First Manmohan Singh ministry
			Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers	29 January 2006-22 May 2008	First Manmohan Singh ministry

5.	P. A. Sangma	P. V. Narasimha Rao	Minister of Information and Broadcasting	15 September 1995-18 May 1996	Rao ministry
			Minister of State for Labour and Employment(Independent Charge)	10 July 1995-15 September 1995	Rao ministry
			Minister of State for Coal(Independent Charge)	21 June 1991-18 January 1993	Rao ministry
		Rajiv Gandhi	Minister of State for Labour and Employment(Independent Charge)	20 September 1986-6 February 1988	Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry
			Minister of State for Home Affairs	25 September 1985-20 January 1988	Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry
			Minister of State for Commerce and supply	1 January 1985-25 September 1985	Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry
			Deputy Minister of Commerce	4 November 1984-31 December 1984	First Rajiv Gandhi ministry
		Indira Gandhi	Deputy Minister of Commerce	15 January1982-31 October 1984	Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry
		Indira Gandhi	Deputy Minister of Industry	31 October 1980-15 February 1982	Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry

6.	Moinul Hoque Choudhury	Indira Gandhi	Minister of Industrial Development	18 March 1971-22 July 1974	Third Indira Gandhi ministry
6.	Moinul Hoque Choudhury	Indira Gandhi	Minister of Supply	18 March 1971-2 May 1971	Third Indira Gandhi ministry

7.	Paty Ripple Kyndiah	Manmohan Singh	Minister of Tribal Affairs	23 May 2004-22 May 2009	First Manmohan Singh ministry
7.	Paty Ripple Kyndiah	Manmohan Singh	Minister of Development of North Eastern Region	23 May 2004-24 October 2006	First Manmohan Singh ministry

8.	Paban Singh Ghatowar	Manmohan Singh	Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region(Independent Charge)	12 July 2011-26 May 2014	Second Manmohan Singh ministry
		Manmohan Singh	Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs	20 July 2011-26 May 2014	Second Manmohan Singh ministry
			Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare	15 September 1995-16 May 1996
		P. V. Narasimha Rao	Deputy Minister for Health and Family Welfare	18 January 1993-15 September 1995	Rao ministry
		P. V. Narasimha Rao	Deputy Minister for Labour	21 June 1991-18 January 1993	Rao ministry

9.	Tarun Gogoi	P. V. Narasimha Rao	Minister of State for Food Processing Industries(Independent Charge)	17 July 1993-13 September 1995	Rao ministry

Union Ministers of State

S.no	Name	Prime Minister		Term	Period	Ministry
1.	Surendranath Buragohain	Jawaharlal Nehru	Deputy Minister of Works, Mines and Power	14 August 1950-26 December 1950	134 days	First Nehru ministry
			Deputy Minister of Works, Production and Supply	26 December 1950-13 May 1952	1 year 139 days	First Nehru ministry
			Deputy Minister of Works, Housing and Supply	13 May 1952-4 October 1953	1 year 144 days	Second Nehru ministry
2.	Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati

References

^ "Chabilal Upadhyaya the pride of Assam". Indian Gorkhas. Behali, Biswanath, Assam. 24 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021.
^ "Assam Pradesh Congress Committee | humty dumty". Humtydumty.in. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
^ "President list of Indian National Congress". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
^ "कांग्रेस: असम में भूपेन बोरा बने प्रदेश अध्यक्ष, नामिरकपम लोकेन सिंह को दी मणिपुर की जिम्मेदारी". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
^ "Congress appoints Bhupen Bora chief of Assam unit". www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

External links

[1] "Chabilal Upadhyaya the pride of Assam". Indian Gorkhas. Behali, Biswanath, Assam. 24 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021.

[2] "Assam Pradesh Congress Committee | humty dumty". Humtydumty.in. Retrieved 23 April 2012.

[3] "President list of Indian National Congress". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.

[:0-4] "कांग्रेस: असम में भूपेन बोरा बने प्रदेश अध्यक्ष, नामिरकपम लोकेन सिंह को दी मणिपुर की जिम्मेदारी". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[:1-5] "Congress appoints Bhupen Bora chief of Assam unit". www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

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