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Former Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah volition articulation the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party connected February 22, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said aft visiting his residence successful Guwahati connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026).
The announcement ended speculations astir which mode Mr. Borah would spell — stay with the expansive aged enactment by withdrawing his resignation oregon articulation different governmental enactment up of the upcoming elections to the 126-member Assembly.
“I americium blessed to pass you that Bhupen Borah volition formally articulation the BJP connected February 22. Along with him, respective Congress leaders volition articulation the BJP successful Guwahati and Lakhimpur,” the Chief Minister, flanked by Mr. Borah, told journalists astatine the latter’s residence.
“It volition beryllium a homecoming”
The Chief Minister besides said the BJP would springiness respect and dignity to Mr. Borah, who was the “last recognised Hindu person successful Congress”. He added that joining the BJP would beryllium a homecoming for Mr. Borah, arsenic helium would beryllium successful the institution of galore of his erstwhile colleagues.
“I did not sermon governmental matters with him today, but we privation him to contention from a harmless spot from the BJP’s perspective. I volition beryllium with him time [on Wednesday] for a threadbare discussion,” Mr. Sarma said.
He claimed that the Congress successful Assam, near with precise fewer Hindu leaders, was nary longer a enactment of mainstream Assamese people.
“When a person leaves a enactment aft serving it for 32 years, the enactment should code the reasons. The occupation with the Congress is that it does not code specified issues,” Mr. Sarma said, recalling that helium and Mr. Borah joined the Congress astir the aforesaid clip successful the aboriginal 1990s.
Mr. Sarma discontinue the Congress successful 2015 aft falling retired with the past Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and joined the BJP.
Mr. Borah submitted his resignation to the Congress enactment connected Monday. After elder enactment leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, tried to marque him alteration his mind, helium sought clip till Tuesday to reconsider their petition to retreat his resignation.
He said helium was unhappy with however the Congress was being led successful Assam. “I person apprised the cardinal enactment that if the enactment is led this way, its aboriginal volition beryllium uncertain. Everybody, including our confederation partners, knows what is happening successful the enactment and however it is being led,” Mr. Borah said.
