Former Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Bhupen Kumar Borah speaks to the media after submitting his resignation to the social gathering excessive command, in Guwahati, on February 16, 2026.
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Former Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah will be part of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Occasion on February 22, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma mentioned after visiting his residence in Guwahati on Tuesday (February 17, 2026).
The announcement ended speculations about which method Mr. Borah would go — stay with the grand outdated social gathering by withdrawing his resignation or be part of one other political social gathering forward of the upcoming elections to the 126-member Meeting.
“I’m pleased to tell you that Bhupen Borah will formally be part of the BJP on February 22. Together with him, a number of Congress leaders will be part of the BJP in Guwahati and Lakhimpur,” the Chief Minister, flanked by Mr. Borah, informed journalists on the latter’s residence.
“Will probably be a homecoming”
The Chief Minister additionally mentioned the BJP would give respect and dignity to Mr. Borah, who was the “final recognised Hindu chief in Congress”. He added that becoming a member of the BJP can be a homecoming for Mr. Borah, as he can be within the firm of a lot of his former colleagues.
“I didn’t focus on political issues with him at present, however we would like him to contest from a protected seat from the BJP’s perspective. I’ll sit with him tomorrow [on Wednesday] for a threadbare dialogue,” Mr. Sarma mentioned.
He claimed that the Congress in Assam, left with only a few Hindu leaders, was now not a celebration of mainstream Assamese folks.
“When a pacesetter leaves a celebration after serving it for 32 years, the social gathering ought to handle the explanations. The issue with the Congress is that it doesn’t handle such points,” Mr. Sarma mentioned, recalling that he and Mr. Borah joined the Congress across the similar time within the early Nineteen Nineties.
Mr. Sarma stop the Congress in 2015 after falling out with the then Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and joined the BJP.
Mr. Borah submitted his resignation to the Congress management on Monday (February 16, 2026). After senior social gathering leaders, together with Rahul Gandhi, tried to make him change his thoughts, he sought time until Tuesday to rethink their request to withdraw his resignation.
He mentioned he was sad with how the Congress was being led in Assam. “I’ve apprised the central management that if the social gathering is led this fashion, its future will likely be unsure. All people, together with our alliance companions, is aware of what is going on within the social gathering and the way it’s being led,” Mr. Borah mentioned.
Printed – February 17, 2026 10:48 pm IST
