Guwahati: Congress candidates Ripun Bora and Ranee Narah today filed their nominations for the two Rajya seats in Assam which will fall vacant next month.
While Mr Bora was the former state Education minister, Ms Narah was a Union minister in the previous UPA government. Mr Bora will be the party's first preference candidate and Ms Narah will be the second preference candidate.
The duo filed their nominations before the Assam Legislative Assembly's Principal Secretary MK Deka, an Assembly spokesperson said.
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.
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.
Mr 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.
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 next.
While Mr Bora was the former state Education minister, Ms Narah was a Union minister in the previous UPA government. Mr Bora will be the party's first preference candidate and Ms Narah will be the second preference candidate.
The duo filed their nominations before the Assam Legislative Assembly's Principal Secretary MK Deka, an Assembly spokesperson said.
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.
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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.
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Mr 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.
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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 next.
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