Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi joins BJP; The Chief Minister indicated to recommend him for the elections. india news
New Delhi: Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi joined the BJP on Wednesday, a day after quitting the Congress and being invited by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.After Bordoloi joined BJP, Sarma said, ‘Assam Pradesh BJP will recommend to the central leadership that he should contest the assembly elections. There is no reason for any self-respecting person to remain in the Congress Party. Our aim is to bring more and more Congress leaders into the party.”Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday described his resignation as “very unfortunate”. He suggested that Bordoloi was unhappy with the ticket allotment for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections. He said that the party wanted him to get a chance to talk to him before he resigned.
“It’s very unfortunate. I think he was unhappy with a ticket allocation and we wish we had a chance to negotiate about it,” he said.In his resignation letter to the AICC president, Bordoloi had said he was facing internal issues within the party. His move came soon after Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma publicly invited him to join the BJP.Speaking to reporters after his resignation, Bordoloi said he was not happy with the decision but felt compelled to take the step. He said he has been insulted on several issues by people within the Congress, especially in Assam, and claimed that the party leadership did not show sympathy towards him. About a month after Bordoloi’s departure, former Assam Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Bora also joined the BJP after a long stint in the party.This development comes ahead of the Assam Assembly elections, which will be held in a single phase on April 9 for all 126 seats. Counting of votes is to take place on May 4.The elections will see a contest between the BJP-led government, which is trying to regain power for the third consecutive time under the leadership of Himanta Biswa Sarma, and the Congress, which is aiming to return to power.