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Three suspended Assam Congress MLAs Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha, Basanta Das, and Sashi Kanta Das joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) astatine the State BJP office successful Guwahati connected Saturday (March 5, 2026) successful the beingness of State enactment president Dilip Saikia, up of the Assembly elections.
Congress leaders switching to the BJP up of the polls is apt to equine occupation for the party, particularly aft past month, former Assam Congress main Bhupen Kumar Borah joined the ruling party.
Union Minister of State (MoS) Pabitra Margherita told ANI, "Leaders and functionaries from different parties, particularly the Congress, are joining the BJP today. They are showing their enactment for our ideology."
Further, Mr. Margherita said the Congress' database of 42 candidates for the upcoming elections lacks "freshness." The All India Congress Committee (AICC) connected Tuesday (March 3, 2025) announced its database of 42 candidates for the upcoming Assam Legislative Assembly elections.
"The database of candidates released by the Congress doesn't person immoderate freshness. Almost 20 of the 42 candidates were already rejected by the radical connected galore occasions successful the erstwhile elections. We bash not person immoderate concerns," Pabitra Margherita said.
Earlier connected Wednesday (March 4, 2026), Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma slammed the Congress' database of candidates, calling it a "dynastic list," portion highlighting the BJP's accent connected grassroots workers.
Speaking to reporters, CM Sarma said, "One whitethorn telephone it a list, but I would telephone it a dynastic list. In contrast, the BJP's database would see grassroots workers. The enactment is afloat prepared for the upcoming elections."
According to an authoritative release, the database includes Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi (Jorhat), Bitupan Saikia (Golaghat), Abdus Sobahan Ali Sarkar from Gauripur, Markline Marak from Goalpara West (ST), Girish Baruah from Bongaigaon, Mahananda Sarkar from Barpeta (SC), and Ramen Singh Rabha from Boko-Chaygaon (ST).
Other salient names are Satyabrat Kalita (Kamalpur), Ripun Bora (Barchalla), Mira Borthakur Goswami (Dispur), Diganta Barman (Barkhetri), Uptal Gogoi (Sonari), Ajoy Kumar Gogoi (Demow), Debabrata Saikia (Nazira), and Ashok Kumar Sarma (Nalbari).
Several women leaders person besides been fielded, including Nandita Das (Hajo-Sualkuchi SC), Pallabi Saikia Gogoi (Teok), and Suruchi Roy (Ram Krishana Nagar SC). The BJP-led NDA is looking to clasp powerfulness aft 2 consecutive predetermination wins against the Congress-led confederation successful Assam.
