MP Pradyut Bordoloi (centre) with Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia in New Delhi on March 18, 2026. Photo: Screen grab via X/@ANI.
After resigning from the Congress party ahead of the Assam Assembly elections, sitting MP Pradyut Bordoloi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia in New Delhi on Wednesday (March 18, 2026).
Mr. Bordoloi clarified that the resignation stemmed from “multiple issues” as opposed to a singular ticket allocation for the Assam Assembly elections.
Mr. Bordoloi, who represented the Congress from the Nagaon Lok Sabha seat, submitted his resignation to party president Mallikarjun Kharge. The latter’s office said it did not receive the letter. However, Subrata Borah, the All India Congress Committee in charge of Assam for the OBC wing, said Mr. Bordoloi’s resignation was very unfortunate.
“For me, getting a ticket was not a question of life and death. There were multiple issues. What was important for me was to hold my head high. The Congress party has given me a lot,” he told the media.
“I want to make it very clear that I am in my second term in Lok Sabha, and there are another three years to go. I could have accepted the humiliation if I wanted to remain as an MP. But I decided to leave and work,” he added.
With Bordoloi’s exit, the Assam Congress lost one of its three MPs.
This has put a question mark on the fate of his son, Prateek Bordoloi, who is the Congress candidate from the Margherita Assembly seat in eastern Assam.
Elections in Assam for all 126 Assembly constituencies will be held in a single phase on April 9, while the counting of votes is scheduled for May 4, the Election Commission of India announced on Sunday.
(With ANI inputs)
Published – March 18, 2026 01:05 pm IST
