Overview
- Rajen Gohain resigned from the BJP’s primary membership and all roles, ending a nearly 30-year association after submitting his letter to state chief Dilip Saikia in Guwahati.
- Seventeen BJP members, largely from Upper and Central Assam, also quit alongside Gohain, signaling visible dissent within the state unit.
- Gohain accused the party of failing Assam’s indigenous communities, condemned the 2023 delimitation for diluting Ahom and other native groups’ sway, and alleged demographic changes made Nagaon unwinnable for the BJP.
- BJP leaders downplayed the fallout as the Dibrugarh strategy meet proceeded, with Ranjib Kumar Sarmah arguing the party’s strength in Nagaon and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma noting Gohain’s son Nabarun remains active in the party.
- Gohain hinted at a shift toward regional politics by praising BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary and said he would decide his next move soon, recalling his 2023 protest resignation over delimitation.