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Assam Pradesh Congress Committee

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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox Indian Political Party

|colorcode = {{party color|Indian National Congress}}

| party_name = Assam Pradesh Congress Committee

| native_name=

| party_logo =180px

| president= Gaurav Gogoi

| headquarters = Rajiv Bhawan, GS Road, Guwahati, Assam

| alliance = Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
United Opposition Forum

|Political position=Centre

|ideology ={{ubl|Liberalism (Indian)}}

|youth = Indian Youth Congress

|women = All India Mahila Congress

| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|3|14|hex=#00BFFF}}

| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|7|hex=#00BFFF}}

| state_seats_name = Assam Legislative Assembly

| state_seats= {{Composition bar|23|126|hex=#00BFFF}}

|symbol = 150px

|eci=National Party|chairman=Debabrata Saikia|general_secretary= |students=National Students' Union of India

| website = {{URL|apcc.assam.org}}

}}

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{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=24 January 2016|title=Chabilal Upadhyaya the pride of Assam|url=https://www.indiangorkhas.in/2016/03/chhabilal-upadhyaya-freedom-fighter.html?m=0|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113194916/https://www.indiangorkhas.in/2016/03/chhabilal-upadhyaya-freedom-fighter.html?m=0 |archive-date=13 January 2021 |access-date=|website=Indian Gorkhas|location=Behali, Biswanath, Assam}} was the first selected president of the committee when it was founded.{{cite web|url=http://humtydumty.in/web-directory/assam-pradesh-congress-committee |title=Assam Pradesh Congress Committee | humty dumty |publisher=Humtydumty.in |access-date=2012-04-23}}{{Cite web|title=President list of Indian National Congress|url=https://www.inc.in/en/pcc-presidents|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401090834/https://www.inc.in/en/pcc-presidents |archive-date=1 April 2019 }}

Bhupen Kumar Borah is appointed as the new president on 24 July 2021 replacing Ripun Bora.{{Cite web|title=कांग्रेस: असम में भूपेन बोरा बने प्रदेश अध्यक्ष, नामिरकपम लोकेन सिंह को दी मणिपुर की जिम्मेदारी|url=https://www.amarujala.com/india-news/congress-appoints-bhupen-bora-as-president-of-the-assam-pradesh-congress-committee|access-date=2021-07-24|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}{{Cite web|title=Congress appoints Bhupen Bora chief of Assam unit|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/congress-appoints-bhupen-bora-chief-of-assam-unit/2127379|access-date=2021-07-24|website=www.outlookindia.com/}}

On 26 May 2025, almost a year before assembly election in Assam, Gaurav Gogoi appointed as the president of Assam Congress by replacing Bhupen Kumar Borah.

List of Leaders of Opposition

class="wikitable sortable"

!S.no

!Name

!Portrait

1.

|Gopinath Bordoloi

|100px

2.

|Golok Rajbanshi

|

3.

|Debabrata Saikia

|100px

4.

|

|

Structure & composition

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | S.no

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Name

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Designation

1.

|Jitendra Singh

|AICC Incharge

2.

|Gaurav Gogoi

|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.

| Rahul Hazarika

|General Secretary
Assam Pradesh Youth Congress

7.

|Dr Sanju Baruah

|General Secretary
Assam Pradesh Congress committee

8.

|Mehdi Alam Borah

|Senior Spokesperson
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee

9.

|MD Salman Khan

|Chairman
Minority Department, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee

10.

|Krishanu Baruah

|President
Assam State NSUI

11.

|Ratul Kalita

|Chairman
SM and IT Department, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee

List of National & State Presidents

{{see also|List of presidents of the Indian National Congress}}

class="wikitable sortable"

!S.no

!President

!Portrait

!Place of Conference

! colspan="2" |Term

1.

|Dev Kant Baruah

|100px

|Chandigarh

|1975

|1977

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | S.no

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | President

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Portrait

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" colspan=2 | Term

|Chabilal Upadhyaya

|

|1921

|1921

|Kuladhar Chaliha

|100px

|1921

|

|Tarun Ram Phukan

|100px

|

|

|Bishnuram Medhi

|100px

|1930

|1940

|Maulana Mohammad Tayyebulla

|

|1940

|1948

|Sriman Prafulla Goswami

|

|1961

|

|Jogendra Nath Hazarika

|100px

|1969

|

1.

|Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati

|100px

|1967

|1971

2.

|Dharanidhar Das

|

|1981

|1982

3.

|Harendra Nath Talukdar

|

|1982

|1983

4.

|Dharanidhar Basumatari

|

|1983

|1986

5.

|Tarun Gogoi

|100px

|1986

|1990

6.

|Hiteswar Saikia

|100px

|1990

|1992

7.

|Nakul Das

|

|1993

|1996

(6).

|Hiteswar Saikia

|100px

|1996

|1996

(5).

|Tarun Gogoi

|100px

|1996

|2002

8.

|Paban Singh Ghatowar

|100px

|2002

|2004

9.

|Bhubaneswar Kalita

|File:Rockybul Hussain, the State President, Shri Bhubaneshwar Kalita and the Convener of 19th Commonwealth Games, Alka Lamba with the Queen's Baton, during the Queen's Baton Relay 2010 started from Nehru Stadium, in Guwahati.jpg

|2004

|2014

10.

|Anjan Dutta

|100px

|13

December

2014

|16 June

2016

11.

|Ripun Bora

|

|24 August 2016

|24 July 2021

12.

|Bhupen Kumar Borah

|

|24 July 2021

|26 May 2025

13.

|Gaurav Gogoi

|100px

|26 May 2025

|Incumbent

Assam Legislative Assembly election

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Year

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Legislature

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Party leader

!Portrait of Leader

! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Seats Contested

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Seats won

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Change
in seats

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Votes

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Percentage of votes

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Vote swing

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Outcome

1952

| 1st Assembly

| rowspan="2" |Bishnu Ram Medhi

| rowspan="2" |thumb

|92

|{{Composition bar|76|105|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Increase}} new

|10,64,850

|43.48

|{{Increase}} new

|{{yes2|Government}}

1957

| 2nd Assembly

|101

|{{Composition bar|71|108|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Decrease}} 5

|13,21,367

|52.35

|{{Increase}} 8.87

|{{Yes2|Government}}

1962

| 3rd Assembly

| rowspan="2" |Bimala Prasad Chaliha

| rowspan="2" |

|103

|{{Composition bar|79|105|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Increase}} 8

|11,79,305

|48.25

|{{Decrease}} 4.1

|{{Yes2|Government}}

1967

| 4th Assembly

|120

|{{Composition bar|73|126|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Decrease}} 6

|13,54,748

|43.60

|{{Decrease}} 4.65

|{{yes2|Government}}

1972

| 5th Assembly

| rowspan="2" |Sarat Chandra Sinha

| rowspan="2" |thumb

|114

|{{Composition bar|95|126|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{increase}} 22

|19,76,209

|53.20

|{{Increase}} 9.6

|{{yes2|Government}}

1978

| 6th Assembly

|126

|{{Composition bar|26|126|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Decrease}}69

|12,20,189

|23.62

|{{Decrease}} 29.58

|{{no2|Opposition}}

1983

| 7th Assembly

| rowspan="3" |Hiteswar Saikia

| rowspan="2" |thumb

|109

|{{Composition bar|91|109|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Increase}} 65

|11,94,657

|52.53

|{{Increase}} 28.91

|{{yes2|Government}}

1985

| 8th Assembly

|125

|{{Composition bar|26|126|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{decrease}} 66

|17,24,003

|23.23

|{{Decrease}} 29.3

|{{no2|Opposition}}

1991

| 9th Assembly

| rowspan="2" |thumb

|125

|{{Composition bar|66|126|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Increase}} 40

|24,55,302

|29.35

|{{Increase}} 6.12

|{{Yes2|Government}}

1996

| 10th Assembly

| rowspan="1" |Bhumidhar Barman

|122

|{{Composition bar|34|122|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{decrease}} 32

|27,78,627

|30.56

|{{Increase}} 1.21

|{{no2|Opposition}}

2001

| 11th Assembly

| rowspan="4" |Tarun Gogoi

| rowspan="2" |thumb

|126

|{{Composition bar|71|126|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{increase}} 39

|42,30,676

|39.75

|{{Increase}} 9.19

|{{yes2|Government}}

2006

| 12th Assembly

|120

|{{Composition bar|53|126|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Decrease}} 18

|41,02,479

|31.08

|{{Decrease}} 8.67

|{{Yes2|Government}}

2011

| 13th Assembly

| rowspan="2" |thumb

|126

|{{Composition bar|78|126|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{increase}} 25

|54,43,781

|39.39

|{{Increase}} 8.31

|{{yes2|Government}}

2016

| 14th Assembly

|122

|{{Composition bar|26|126|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Decrease}}52

|52,38,655

|30.96

|{{Decrease}} 8.43

|{{no2|Opposition}}

2021

| 15th Assembly

| rowspan="1" |Debabrata Saikia

|thumb

|95

|{{Composition bar|29|126|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Increase}} 3

|57,03,341

|29.67

|{{Decrease}}1.29

|{{no2|Opposition}}

List of Chief Ministers of Assam from Indian National Congress

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | S.no

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Name

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Portrait

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" colspan=3 | Term

1.

|Gopinath Bordoloi

|100px

|26 January 1950

|6 August 1950

|192 days

2.

|Bishnuram Medhi

| 100px

| 9 August 1950

| 27 December 1957

| {{ayd|9 Aug 1950|27 Dec 1957}}

3.

|Bimala Prasad Chaliha

|

| 27 December 1957

| 6 November 1970

| {{ayd|27 Dec 1957|6 Nov 1970}}

4.

|Mahendra Mohan Choudhry

|100px

|6 November 1970

|30 January 1972

|{{ayd|6 Nov 1970|30 Jan 1972}}

5.

|Sarat Chandra Sinha

|100px

|31 January 1972

|12 March 1978

|{{ayd|31 Jan 1972|12 Mar 1978}}

6.

|Anwara Taimur

|

|6 December 1980

|30 June 1981

|{{ayd|6 Dec 1980|30 Jun 1981}}

7.

|Kesab Chandra Gogoi

|

|13 January 1982

|19 March 1982

|{{ayd|13 Jan 1982|19 mar 1982}}

rowspan=2|8.

|rowspan=2|Hiteswar Saikia

|rowspan=2|100px

|27 February 1983

|23 December 1985

|rowspan=2|7 years, 231 days

30 June 1991

|22 April 1996

9.

|Bhumidhar Barman

|100px

|22 April 1996

|14 May 1996

|{{ayd|22 Apr 1996|14 May 1996}}

10.

| Tarun Gogoi

|100px

| 18 May 2001

| 24 May 2016

| {{ayd|18 May 2001|24 May 2016}}

List of Union Ministers

class="sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width:70%; border:1"
style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"

! S.No. !! Portrait

!Ministe!! Prime Minister !! Constituency

!Term

!Ministry

1.thumb

|Dev Kant Baruah

Indira GandhiMinister of Petroleum and Natural Gas

|5 February 1973 to 10 October 1974

|Third Indira Gandhi ministry

colspan="7" |
rowspan="4" |2.

| rowspan="4" |thumb

| rowspan="4" |Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

| rowspan="4" |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

colspan="7" |
rowspan="7" |3.

| rowspan="7" |thumb

| rowspan="7" |Santosh Mohan Dev

| rowspan="3" |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

rowspan="3" |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

colspan="7" |
rowspan="5" |4.

| rowspan="5" |thumb

| rowspan="5" |Bijoy Krishna Handique

| rowspan="5" |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

colspan="7" |
rowspan="9" |5.

| rowspan="9" |thumb

| rowspan="9" |P. A. Sangma

| rowspan="3" |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

rowspan="4" |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

rowspan="2" |Indira Gandhi

|Deputy Minister of Commerce

|15 January1982-31 October 1984

|Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry

Deputy Minister of Industry

|31 October 1980-15 February 1982

|Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry

| colspan="6" |
rowspan="2" |6.

| rowspan="2" |thumb

| rowspan="2" |Moinul Hoque Choudhury

| rowspan="2" |Indira Gandhi

|Minister of Industrial Development

|18 March 1971-22 July 1974

|Third Indira Gandhi ministry

Minister of Supply

|18 March 1971-2 May 1971

|Third Indira Gandhi ministry

colspan="7" |
rowspan="2" |7.

| rowspan="2" |thumb

| rowspan="2" |Paty Ripple Kyndiah

| rowspan="2" |Manmohan Singh

|Minister of Tribal Affairs

|23 May 2004-22 May 2009

|First Manmohan Singh ministry

Minister of Development of North Eastern Region

|23 May 2004-24 October 2006

|First Manmohan Singh ministry

colspan="7" |
rowspan="5" |8.

| rowspan="5" |thumb

| rowspan="5" |Paban Singh Ghatowar

| rowspan="2" |Manmohan Singh

|Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region(Independent Charge)

|12 July 2011-26 May 2014

|Second Manmohan Singh ministry

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

|

rowspan="2" |P. V. Narasimha Rao

|Deputy Minister for Health and Family Welfare

|18 January 1993-15 September 1995

|Rao ministry

Deputy Minister for Labour

|21 June 1991-18 January 1993

|Rao ministry

colspan="7" |
9.

|thumb

|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

class="wikitable sortable"

!S.no

!Portrait

!Name

!Prime Minister

!

!Term

!Period

!Ministry

!

rowspan="3" |1.

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" |Surendranath Buragohain

| rowspan="3" |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

|

|

|

|

|

|

See also

References

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