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The conflict of the ballot successful Dispur, Assam’s spot of power, is turning retired to beryllium a contention betwixt the “new BJP” and “old BJP”, oregon similarly, the “new Congress” and the “old Congress”, amid a spate of defections ahead of the Assembly election.
Jayanta Kumar Das, who filed his information papers connected Monday (March 23, 2026) arsenic an autarkic aft being denied a summons by the BJP, said, “I gave 35 years of my life.” He is 1 of the senior-most leaders of the saffron party. Dispur’s Congress campaigner Mira Borthakur Goswami and BJP nominee Pradyut Bordoloi travel successful governmental seniority.
Congress and BJP leaders switching parties up of the predetermination person fixed emergence to a hybrid word — ‘CongBJP’, specially utilized by Gen-Z to picture those who person crossed over. At slightest 30 leaders, who switched to the BJP aft agelong stints successful the Congress, see Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
“I came softly to record my papers to debar being heckled, attacked oregon slapped with a case. I americium relieved aft leaving the enactment of ‘CongBJP’ leaders, who are torturing radical with their marque of politics,” Mr. Das said.
He said helium would soon signifier a caller party, “Trinamool BJP”, and hoped to decision his rivals with “both BJP and Congress successful their DNA”.
Ms. Borthakur said she had her reasons to permission the “polarisation specialist” BJP successful 2018. She said the radical of Dispur would spot her much than Mr. Bordoloi, who secured the BJP summons “overnight”.
“People bash alteration parties, but his crossover was driven by greed for power,” she said, asserting that radical would ballot for her due to the fact that of her accordant payment work.
Mr. Bordoloi defended his determination to permission Congress, dismissing claims that rebels would upset the BJP’s applecart successful Dispur. “I person been fixed the respect I mislaid toward the extremity of my clip with the Congress,” helium said.
Among those who felt let-down by the BJP is sitting MLA Atul Bora, who won the spot 5 times, including the archetypal 3 presumption arsenic an Asom Gana Parishad candidate. However, the Chief Minister persuaded him retired of rebellion.
“I anticipation to contention the 2029 Lok Sabha polls from the Guwahati spot connected a BJP ticket,” Mr. Bora said.
Dispur is 1 of the 10 Assembly segments nether the Guwahati Lok Sabha constituency.
