Assam: Former BJP MP R P Sarmah to Join Congress Today

Guwahati, February 24, 2020:

Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Assam RP Sarmah, who had represented the Tezpur constituency from 2014-2019, is all set to join the Congress party today.

Speaking with Inside Northeast, the senior leader said, “I will formally join the Congress party by 12 noon. I have a meeting scheduled with party organizational secretary KC Venugopal and other leaders now and accordingly, I will be joining the party.”

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"I sacrificed my 45 years for the BJP without asking for any benefit. I, along with a few others, worked day and night for the BJP during the days when the ruling party was different. We had faced lathicharge, stone pelting and everything else for the sake of the party to take it to a position that it is now. But they have forgotten the sacrifice of the party workers from 1980," said Sarmah.

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Sarmah further signaled at several workers shifting from the BJP to the COngress in due course of time. "At least a thousand workers will follow me and join the Congress very soon," he said.

RP Sarmah had filed his resignation from the BJP in 2019 following the negligence of the party towards his renomination during the Lok Sabha elections.

Sarmah had been associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) since 1976 and the BJP since 1991. He served as the Lok Sabha MP from Tezpur constituency from 2014 to 2019.

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