Bharat Narah

Bharat Chandra Narah
Narah in 2011
Cabinet Minister, Government of Assam
In office
17 May 2001 – 18 May 2011
Chief MinisterTarun Gogoi
Departments
  • Parliamentary Affairs
  • Welfare of Plain Tribes and Backward Classes (2001–2006)
  • Flood Control, Co-operation (until 2002)
  • Fisheries (2002–2006)
  • Water Resources (2006–2008)
  • Cultural Affairs, Sports and Youth Welfare, Co-operation (from 2008)
In office
24 December 1985 – 28 November 1990
Chief MinisterPrafulla Kumar Mahanta
Departments
  • Flood Control
  • Irrigation
  • Welfare of Plains and Tribal Areas
Press Advisor to the Chief Minister of Assam
In office
3 December 2012 – 24 May 2016
Chief MinisterTarun Gogoi
Succeeded byHrishikesh Goswami
Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 May 2021
Preceded byMamun Imdadul Haque Chawdhury
ConstituencyNaoboicha
In office
1985 – 2011
Preceded byRagunath Pamegam
Succeeded byNaba Kumar Doley
ConstituencyDhakuakhana
Personal details
Born (1957-10-14) 14 October 1957
PartyIndian National Congress (from 1996)
Other political
affiliations		Asom Gana Parishad (until 1996)
Spouse
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(m. 1986)​
Children2

Bharat Chandra Narah (born 2 January 1958) is a former Indian National Congress politician from Assam and an MLA serving, since 2021, his sixth term from the Naoboicha constituency. Previously, he was a five-term MLA from Dhakuakhana constituency, 1985-2011, and a cabinet minister in the Assam government, 1985-1987, 1988-1990, and 2001-2011. He resigned from the Indian National Congress on March 25, 2024.[1] He was the Chief Minister's Press Advisor with the rank of a cabinet minister, 2012-2016.[2] Before joining the Congress, Narah was a member of the Asom Gana Parishad. He was also a leader of the All Assam Students' Union.[1] His wife, Ranee Narah, is a former Union Minister of India and four-term Member of Parliament.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Assam Election Phase 1 Big Battles Candidates to Watch-out; Check Key Candidates in the Fray". The Sentinel. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Tarun Gogoi's press advisor: Bharat Chandra Narah reappointed as Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi's press adviser". The Times of India. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Fathers & sons, husbands & wives and a mother in place of daughter, all in one Congress poll family". The Indian Express. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. ^ Kalita, Prabin (29 October 2012). "Ranee Narah replaces Agatha Sangma in Cabinet". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
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