In a major jolt to the Congress-led alliance in Assam, with less than a week to go for the third and final phase of assembly polls in Assam, a candidate from Bodoland Peoples’ Front (BPF), a partner of the opposition Congress-led grand alliance joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) late on Wednesday night, said senior BJP minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
“Official candidate of BPF and so-called Congress-led alliance from Tamulpur LAC (legislative assembly constituency) Shri Ram Das Basumatary met me a short while ago. He has express(ed) his desire to join BJP and retire from the election,” Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted around midnight.
Election to the Tamulpur seat will take place on April 6 in the third and final phase.
