Bharat Chandra Narah (born 2 January 1958) is an Indian National Congress politician from Assam and MLA serving his sixth term from Naoboicha constituency since

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. He was previously a five-term MLA of

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constituency, 1985-2011, and a

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in the

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, 1985-1987, 1988-1990, and 2001-2011. He was the Chief Minister's Press Advisor with cabinet rank, 2012-2016. Before joining the Congress, Narah was a member of the Asom Gana Parishad. He was also a leader of the

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. His wife,

Ranee Narah Ranee Narah (born 31 October 1965) is an Indian National Congress politician from Assam, and former Rajya Sabha MP for the state between 2016-2022. She was previously a three-term Lok Sabha MP from Lakhimpur constituency, 1998-2004 and 2009-2 ...

, is a former Union Minister of India and four-term Member of Parliament.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Narah, Bharat Living people Asom Gana Parishad politicians Indian National Congress politicians from Assam Assam MLAs 1985–1991 Assam MLAs 1991–1996 Assam MLAs 1996–2001 Assam MLAs 2001–2006 Assam MLAs 2006–2011 People from Lakhimpur district Indian Hindus 1957 births