In a major jolt to the Congress ahead of the Assam Assembly polls, the party’s former state unit chief Bhupen Kumar Borah has resigned, sources told news agency PTI on Monday.
They reportedly said that Borah has sent his resignation letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.
In his letter to Kharge, he claimed that he was being “ignored” by the party leadership and was not being accorded his due in the state unit.
Borah’s decision to resign from the Congress came just ahead of the Assam Assembly Elections which will take place this year.
According to PTI, Borah said in Guwahati that he sent his resignation to the Congress high command at 8 am, mentioning in detail why he took the step.
”I don’t want to say anything more than this. I will invite mediapersons at an appropriate time and give all the details. I don’t hide anything and will not take any step in secrecy,” he was quoted as saying.
Borah said he has not ”resigned from the party due to any particular person or any personal reason”.
”I have served the Congress for 32 years, and I am worried about the future of the party. I have explained in detail about my reasons in the resignation letter sent to the party high command,” he said.
Will Borah join any other political party?
On joining any other party before the elections, Borah said no party has given him ”any proposal till now”.
”There has been no formal proposal from any political party, but it is a fact that I have not taken the decision to resign to bid farewell to politics,” he said.
Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi ‘‘met me yesterday and we talked about several issues at a personal level”, Borah added.
Who is Bhupen Borah?
Borah was the president of Assam Congress unit from 2021 to 2025 and was replaced by Gaurav Gogoi last year.
He has been elected twice as an MLA of Assam and was the ex GS-Dibrugarh University.
Assam Elections 2026
Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi said in December last year that the party will contest 100 seats in the 126-member state assembly elections next year, leaving the remaining constituencies to its alliance partners.
He had also asserted that the Congress will not forge any understanding with AIUDF, terming it a “communal” party.
Addressing a meeting on the 141st foundation day of the party, Gogoi said that in order to defeat the “anti-people BJP”, the Congress will contest the 2026 Assam Assembly elections by forming alliances with like-minded parties.
(With inputs from agencies)
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