Over 150 Congress, AASU members join BJP after Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra passed through Assam

More than 150 members of the Congress and the All Assam Students’ Union joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Assam on Sunday, days after the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra passed through the state, The New Indian Express reported.

Among those who switched sides are former Assam minister Bismita Gogoi, expelled Youth Congress state president Angkita Dutta and former All Assam Students’ Union president Dipanka Kumar Nath.

“I have to admit Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Bus Nyay Yatra has created a huge impact in Assam,” Assam minister Pijush Hazarika wrote on X. “Over 150 leaders have joined BJP today.”

I have to admit Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Bus Nyay Yatra has created a huge impact in Assam.

Over 150 leaders from @INCAssam and AASU are joining @BJP4Assam today.

Good decision by @angkitadutta , @bismita_gogoi , @dipankakumar and others ???? pic.twitter.com/II6NIDHGv7— Pijush Hazarika (@Pijush_hazarika) January 28, 2024

More than 700 members of various organisations joined the BJP in Gauhati on Sunday in the presence of Hazarika, state chief Bhabesh Kalita and minister Jayanta Malla Baruah, the party’s state unit said on X.

After joining the BJP, Bismita Gogoi, who was the former general secretary of the All India Mahila Congress in Assam, alleged that women are no longer safe in the Mallikarjun Kharge-led party.

“Congress stooped so low that they discussed even about my blouse,” she alleged. “They said...

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