Assam: Former Congress leader Kamal Kumar Medhi joins regional party 'Raijor Dal'

GUWAHATI: Senior Assam politician Kamal Kumar Medhi has officially joined the 'Raijor Dal' days after he quit the Congress party. Medhi, a one-time close aide of peasant leader Akhil Gogoi, Medhi had joined the Congress in 2018.

According to reports, Medhi had been in talks with the 'Raijor Dal' ever since it was formed on October 2. Today, he wan inducted into the party amid much fanfare.

The 'Raijor Dal', the latest regional political player in Assam politics, will have it's first Convention in January. Imprisoned Krishak Mukti leader Akhil Gogoi is also expected to contest on a 'Raijor Dal' ticket.

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In his resignation letter to PCC president Ripun Bora, Medhi, who was heading the state unit’s RTI department and was also one of its most visible spokespersons, cited “various political reasons” to leave the party.

Medhi’s departure came a day after the result of the Bodoland Territorial Council threw up a hung house with the Congress putting up another disappointing show, winning only a single seat despite contesting on 13 in alliance with the AIUDF, which fought on seven seats, a tie-up most in the party feel will cost it dear.

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