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Former Congress leaders join BJP in Assam

First Published: 1st April, 2019 18:19 IST

With less than ten days remaining for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, four former Assam Congress leaders joined the BJP on Monday. The former Congress leaders joined the

With less than ten days remaining for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, four former Assam Congress leaders joined the BJP on Monday.

The former Congress leaders joined the party at a formal induction ceremony in presence of NEDA Convener Himanta Biswa Sarma at the BJP head office in Guwahati.

The new leaders include Bibhuti Bhushan Borthakur who has been the state president of the NSUI and also a former spokesperson for the Assam Congress party unit.

Apart from Borthakur, three other former Congress leaders who joined the BJP are Biswajit Phukan, Netra Ranjan Mahanta and Junti Bhagabati Bora.

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