{"id":17687,"date":"2022-03-19T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/?p=17687"},"modified":"2022-03-19T10:10:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T04:40:00","slug":"assam-congress-names-ripun-bora-as-rajya-sabha-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/test\/assam-congress-names-ripun-bora-as-rajya-sabha-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Assam Congress names Ripun Bora as Rajya Sabha candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Guwahati, March 19:\u00a0<\/strong>The Congress declared Ripun Bora its Rajya Sabha candidates from Assam. Congress president Sonia Gandhi has approved the candidature of Bora, a party statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The Election Commission of India (<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/eci.gov.in\/\">ECI<\/a><\/span>) had on March 7 announced that the polls to fill 13 Rajya Sabha seats across six states will be held on March 31. Of the 13 seats &#8211; five are in Punjab, three in Kerala, two in Assam, and one each in Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, and Nagaland.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Also Read<\/span>: <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/assam-government-to-pay-expenses-for-olympic-preparations-of-lovlina-borgohain-and-hima-das\/\"><strong>Assam government to pay expenses for Olympic preparations of Lovlina Borgohain and Hima Das<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For Assam, Ripun Bora (INC), who has been again declared as a Congress candidate is set to retire on April 2 along with Ranee Narah of the same party Rajya Sabha.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining retirees are &#8212; Anand Sharma (INC) from Himachal Pradesh, Jharna Das (CPI-M) from Tripura, and K.G. 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