Overview
- Pradyut Bordoloi joined the BJP in New Delhi on March 18 in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and state chief Dilip Saikia, a day after submitting his resignation to Mallikarjun Kharge.
- He said he felt humiliated and sidelined in Congress, pointing to disputes over the Laharighat ticket and claims that screening panel member Imran Masood dismissed his concerns as fabricated.
- Sarma said the Assam BJP will recommend that Bordoloi be fielded as a candidate in the single‑phase Assembly polls on April 9.
- Congress leaders called the exit unfortunate, with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra indicating ticket disagreements may have contributed, as the party continues to back his son Prateek in Margherita.
- The defection reduces Congress’s Lok Sabha tally from Assam to two and prompts possible anti‑defection proceedings concerning Bordoloi’s seat subject to parliamentary process.