Gautam Bora

Gautam Bora is an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He was a four-term member of the Assam Legislative Assembly and a minister in the Hiteswar Saikia Government and later in the Tarun Gogoi Government. He is a former Indian and German film director and actor.

Political career Bora was a member of Indian National Congress since the time of his entry into politics. He stayed loyal to the party in both good and bad times, even during the mass erosion of INC leaders into the saffron party in 2015.

However he resigned from the membership of INC on 20 March 2021 on the grounds of lobby-centred politics and lack of leadership in the party.

Currently Bora is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He joined the BJP on 22 March 2021.

Since then, Bora has emerged as a strong contender for the BJP’s MLA ticket from the newly formed Dhing constituency, owing to his clean public image and considerable support base, particularly in minority-dominated areas.

Posts held Education Minister of Assam from 2011 to 2016. Cultural Affairs Minister. Forest Minister Health Minister

Filmography Director An Autumn in the Little Country of Bärwalde (1983) Wosobipo (1988) The Mishings: Sons of Abotani (1991) An Unending Expanse (2008) The Old Man (2012)

Writer An Autumn in the Little Country of Bärwalde (1983) Wosobipo (1988)

Actor Dil Se (1998) as terrorist leader