After Nagaon MP Pradyut Bordoloi formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the induction took place in New Delhi in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and state BJP president Dilip Saikia, where he was welcomed with the party’s traditional scarf.
Bordoloi, who resigned from the Indian National Congress, had earlier spoken about his reasons for leaving during an interview with journalist Jainendra Kumar. He said he had been under mental stress while in the Congress and had faced repeated attacks over the past year, the reasons for which he described as unclear.
Following these remarks, Jitendra Singh Alwar, General Secretary of the AICC in charge of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee, posted on social media, stating, “Two lists of Indian National Congress candidates in Assam are already out, and the candidate he had objections to was not in either. This means we were considering Pradyut Bordoloi ji’s recommendations. I’ve spoken to him on this a couple of times, and he knew my stand. One thing is clear: As politicians, we should realise that we are elected by our voters to represent them with dignity and sincerity and not sell their vote as a negotiator waiting for the highest leverage point. Singh wrote.
