Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi, after quitting Congress on Tuesday, immediately joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), ahead of assembly elections in Assam. He entered the party in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, along with state BJP chief Dilip Saikia.
On the exit before the elections, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi said the exit of Bordoloi is “Unfortunate”. Priyanka Gandhi said she wished there had been an opportunity for dialogue before things reached this point. "I think he was upset over ticket allocation, and I wish we had a chance to have a conversation. It is unfortunate," she told reporters within the Parliament House complex.
Pradyut Bordoloi said, "Today, I have abandoned one of the most important principles of my life, and I am not happy with it. However, I made this decision because I was being insulted on many issues by anyone who approached me from within the Congress Party, especially in the Assam Congress. Even the Congress leadership was not showing sympathy towards me, he added.
Further, he stated, I have become very lonely because I have been associated with the Congress all my life. But of late, I have been having a lot of difficulty surviving, so I have to make this decision. Yes, I have submitted this resignation letter to the AICC President."
However, the state will vote in a single phase on April 9, alongside Kerala and Puducherry. Tamil Nadu is scheduled to vote on April 23, while West Bengal will go to the polls in two phases on April 23 and April 29, and counting of votes for all states and Union territories will take place on May 4.
