[3][4] As of 2014 he was the secretary of the Assam State Council of the Communist Party of India (CPI), a position he held since 1987.
[2][5] As of 2010 he served as president of Assam state council of All India Kisan Sabha (peasants' movement).
[2] He stood as the CPI candidate in the Nazira seat in the 1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election.
He won the Nazira seat, defeating the Congress Party candidate Hemoprova Saikia a Handloom and Textiles Minister of the state government.
He finished in second place with 18,700 votes (22.58), being defeated by Debabrata Saikia of the Congress Party.
[16] CPI launched Borgohain as its candidate in the Jorhat seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha election.