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Prateek Bordoloi has withdrawn his candidature from the Margherita Assembly constituency successful Assam, a time aft his begetter and Nagaon MP, Pradyut Bordoloi, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
In a missive addressed to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge connected Thursday (March 19, 2026), the lad said the “present circumstances pursuing my father’s determination to articulation different governmental party” were inappropriate for him to proceed arsenic a candidate.
The elder Bordoloi quit Congress connected March 17 and joined the BJP the pursuing time successful New Delhi. The BJP nominated him arsenic its campaigner from the Dispur Assembly spot connected Thursday (March 19, 2026).
“I judge that the radical of Margherita and the countless dedicated Congress workers merit implicit clarity and assurance successful the party’s candidate. It would beryllium unfair to them if immoderate disorder oregon cognition arose regarding my committedness oregon the party’s position,” Prateek Bordoloi wrote.
He insisted that his determination was guided by his respect for the organisation and his tendency to uphold the values and subject of the Congress party.
“However, I privation to reiterate that my religion successful the ideals of Congress remains unwavering. I volition proceed to enactment for the enactment and for the improvement of Margherita successful immoderate capableness the enactment deems appropriate,” helium wrote.
His begetter had won the Margherita Assembly spot 4 times from 1998 to 2011 earlier losing it to the BJP’s Bhaskar Sharma successful 2016.
