Addressing the media late Tuesday night time, Bordoloi mentioned: “At the moment, I’ve deserted one of the crucial vital rules of my life, and I’m not pleased with it… Nonetheless, I made this determination as a result of I used to be being insulted on many points by anybody who approached me from throughout the Congress celebration, particularly within the Assam Congress. Even the Congress management was not exhibiting sympathy in the direction of me,” he advised the media.

“I’ve turn out to be very lonely as a result of I’ve been related to the Congress all my life… However of late, I’ve been having a variety of issue surviving, so I’ve to make this determination. Sure, I’ve submitted this resignation letter to the AICC president,” he added.

Confirming Bordoloi’s becoming a member of, Sarma mentioned, “Impressed by Adarniya Modi-ji’s imaginative and prescient for Bharat, the Hon’ble Member of Parliament from Nagaon and different distinguished individuals have joined our BJP Parivar right this moment.”

Impressed by Adarniya Modi Ji’s imaginative and prescient for Bharat, the Hon’ble Member of Parliament from Nagaon and different distinguished individuals have joined our BJP Parivar right this moment. https://t.co/IFt6Ead74N

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) March 18, 2026

Earlier within the day, reacting to the resignation of Bordoloi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra termed it “very unlucky” and mentioned it was associated to ticket allocation.

“I believe he was upset over one ticket allocation, and we want we had an opportunity to have a dialog about it,” she advised the media.

Earlier Gaurav Gogoi had mentioned that he had held a gathering with Bordoloi together with Congress common secretary Jitendra Singh to debate the preparations for the upcoming polls. As drama unfolded on Tuesday and Wednesday, Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat mentioned there was a necessity to finish the state of confusion particularly forward of the elections.

“Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi said that he has not resigned. There’s a state of confusion… I urge the Assam Congress leaders that elections are the time to face with the celebration… Dialogue is one of the simplest ways to resolve the variations… I’m hopeful that every little thing can be effective,” he mentioned hours earlier than Bordoloi joined the BJP.

Aside from Bordoloi, Navajyoti Talukdar additionally resigned from the publish of vice-president of Assam Congress, as All India Congress Committee member, and from the first membership of the Congress. Talking to the media, Talukdar described Sarma advert a “dynamic” chief. “At the moment, our MP Pradyut Bordoloi is becoming a member of the BJP. The Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, is a really dynamic chief. We’ve got spoken to the Chief Minister of Assam,” he mentioned.

The political tone within the state intensified Tuesday with Congress MP and state president of Assam Congress Gaurav Gogoi alleging that CM Sarma was attempting to tarnish the picture of Bordoloi by means of a “coordinated media narrative”.

Addressing the media on Tuesday, the Assam Congress chief alleged that the experiences of Bordoloi’s resignation have been a deliberate try to politically weaken the Congress forward of the Assam elections. Until late night time, Gogoi mentioned the ‘hearsay’ of the resignation was misinformation.

Bordoloi, who was thought-about near former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, mentioned in his letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote: “With an amazing sense of unhappiness right this moment, I hereby tender my resignation from all posts, privileges and the first membership of the Indian Nationwide Congress.”

For the Congress his exit has come as a serious jolt because it comes months after former Assam Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah’s resignation who additionally joined the BJP final month.  Borah had give up the celebration over variations with the state management and had additionally raised questions over Gogoi’s functioning.

With the exit of Bordoloi, the Congress has misplaced one among its three Lok Sabha MPs from Assam. Bordoloi prior to now has represented Margherita constituency in Assam for 4 phrases from 1998 to 2016. He has additionally served as a minister within the Assam authorities between 2001 and 2015.

Reacting to the resignation of Bordoloi which comes days earlier than Assam polls, Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi had termed it a matter of concern.

“It’s a matter of concern that leaders from the Indian Nationwide Congress are being repeatedly poached and introduced into the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering, with even elected representatives switching sides,” she advised the media.

Bordoloi was elected to the Assam Legislative Meeting from Margherita in a by-election in 1998 and was re-elected in 2001, 2006, and 2011. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019 and in 2024.

“For me, getting a ticket was not a query of life and dying. There have been a number of points. What was vital for me was to carry my head excessive. The Congress has given me loads,” Bordoloi had advised the media.

Meeting elections can be held in Assam on 9 April, with counting of votes on 4 Might.

The BJP-led coalition is pitched in opposition to a Congress-led bloc with the BJP hoping to make a comeback.

(Edited by Viny Mishra)

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