Delimitation row: Veteran BJP leader Rajen Gohai quits cabinet status
First Published: 18th August, 2023 17:55 IST
Gohain in this regard sent a letter to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informing about his decision
Unhappy with the Delimitation ‘Formula’ in Assam which has already received a nod of President Droupadi Murmu, former Union Minister and a veteran leader of Assam BJP, Rajen Gohain has resigned as the Chairman of Assam Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Limited with immediate effect. The post was equivalent to a Cabinet rank.
Gohain in this regard sent a letter to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informing about his decision.
In his letter, Rajen Gohai mentioned, “I have been a good advocate of our party and its ideology for more than two decades and always supported and nurtured it with full capacity but the recent delimitation process has rendered the 10-Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency un- winnable for BJP candidate in the future also putting the people of Nagaon under threat because of the demography change.”
Briefing newspersons, Rajen Gohain said, “The post which was given to me by the Chief Minister with cabinet status as the Chairman of the Assam Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Limited, I have officially resigned from that post. Through delimitation the government has been able to safeguard 106 constituencies, this is a welcome step, there is no doubt about that. From the Nagaon LS seat the BJP has won in the last 20 years, but I am unable to understand that in terms of the Nagaon LS seat why it was handed over to Badruddin Ajmal (AIUDF Chief).”
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