Assam Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah to join BJP, claims CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claims State Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah will join the BJP, but Mr. Borah denies and calls it 'mind games'.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has claimed that State Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah will join the BJP by early next year.

However, Mr. Borah on March 26 dismissed the CM's claim and stated that Mr. Sarma was playing 'mind games' to divert attention from real issues.

Mr. Sarma termed the grand old party as a 'fixed deposit' of the BJP, from which it draws members whenever needed.

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"I can say that by January-February 2025, Bhupen Borah will join the BJP. I have kept two constituencies ready for him, though won't name those now," Mr. Sarma said, talking to reporters at the residence of the party's Sonitpur constituency candidate Ranjit Dutta on Monday evening (March 25.)

Terming the Opposition Congress a ‘fixed deposit’ of the BJP, Mr. Sarma said, “Whenever needed, we bring them in. Except for a few ‘blue-blooded’ few ones, the rest are all ours,” the BJP leader added.

Mr. Sarma maintained that voting for the Congress means voting for Rahul Gandhi and for the BJP means, voting for Modi.