Assam MLA quits Cong., to join BJP
The Hindu
He says party overlooked him for State president’s post
The Congress in Assam lost one of its 29 MLAs, who is set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party on June 21. Rupjyoti Kurmi, a tea community leader, submitted his resignation to party president Sonia Gandhi as well as Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary on Friday. He had won the Mariani constituency in eastern Assam four times in a row since 2006 and was the only Congress MLA representing the tea plantation workers to have won in the 2021 Assembly polls.More Related News