A day after quitting Congress, Assam Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi on Wednesday crossed over to the rival BJP, barely weeks ahead of the assembly elections in the state.
Chief Minister Himanta Sarma said the new recruit from the Congress, who was the chairman of the Congress manifesto committee for the Assembly polls, will "strengthen our party".
"Today the sitting MP has joined BJP, State president has welcomed him. He is two-time MP and two-time cabinet minister under the Congress government," Himanta Sarma said, adding the joining was approved by the party’s national president.
Asked if the new member will fight the elections, Sarma said the Assam state unit will recommend the central leadership that he should fight the state election.
"We want to bring all the good Congress leaders who are currently there into the BJP," Sarma added.
Bordoloi’s resignation comes a month after former Assam Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah joined the BJP, who served in the Congress for three decades.
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