Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi joins BJP; CM hints at recommending him for polls

NEW DELHI: Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi joined the BJP connected Wednesday, a time aft leaving Congress and being invited by BJP's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Speaking aft Bordoloi joined BJP Sarma said, "Assam Pradesh BJP volition urge to the cardinal enactment that helium should combat the assembly elections.

There is nary crushed for idiosyncratic with self-respect to enactment with the Congress party.

We purpose to bring much Congress leaders into the party."

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi connected Wednesday called his resignation “very unfortunate”. She suggested that Bordoloi was upset implicit summons allocation for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections. She said the enactment wished it had a accidental to talk with him earlier helium resigned.

"It is precise unfortunate. I deliberation helium was upset implicit 1 summons allocation, and we privation we had a accidental to person a speech astir it," she said.

In his resignation missive to the AICC president Bordoloi had said helium had been facing interior issues wrong the party. His determination came soon aft Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma publically invited him to articulation the BJP.Speaking to reporters aft the resignation, Bordoloi said helium was not blessed with the determination but felt compelled to instrumentality the step. He said helium had been insulted connected respective issues by radical wrong the Congress, particularly successful Assam, and claimed that the enactment enactment did not amusement sympathy towards him.

Bordoloi’s exit comes astir a period aft erstwhile Assam Congress main Bhupen Kumar Borah besides joined the BJP aft a agelong stint successful the party.The improvement comes up of the Assam Assembly elections, which volition beryllium held successful a azygous signifier connected April 9 for each 126 seats. Counting of votes is scheduled for May 4.The elections volition spot a contention betwixt the BJP-led government, seeking a 3rd consecutive word nether Himanta Biswa Sarma, and the Congress, which aims to instrumentality to power.