Assam BJP expels nine rebels contesting as Independents

GUWAHATI

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) portion successful Assam has expelled 9 leaders who rebelled against the enactment to contention the April 9 Assembly elections arsenic Independent candidates. All 9 were aspirants for enactment tickets.

In a notification issued connected Friday (March 27, 2026), the BJP said the 9 had been expelled for six years for indulging successful anti enactment activities.

The candidates are Jayanta Kumar Das (Dispur constituency), Uddhab Chandra Das and Gagan Chandra Haloi (both Barpeta), Jitendrajit Goud (Kaliabor), Amalendu Das (Barkhola), Dhanjit Rabha (Goalpara West), Chakradhar Das (Bongaigaon), Ankur Das (Kamalpur), and Jashada Dulal Rakshit (Lumding).

Among the rebels, Jayanta Kumar Das has been the astir vocal against the BJP and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for fielding a “Congress import”, erstwhile MP Pradyut Bordoloi, from the Dispur seat. He besides claimed the BJP was moving its “misinformation and fake quality campaign” from country fig 501 astatine the State enactment headquarters.

The rebels are contesting against candidates fielded by either the BJP oregon its ally, the Asom Gana Parishad. Uddhab Das and Gagan Haloi stay the lone 2 rivals of AGP campaigner Deepak Kumar Das successful occidental Assam’s Barpeta constituency, aft Congress nominee Mahananda Sarkar had his information papers rejected.

The BJP besides terminated the superior rank of six enactment workers for allegedly acting against the party’s interests. They were accused of supporting and cooperating with candidates and leaders of rival governmental parties.