Published on : 09 Oct 2025, 11:38 am

Guwahati: In a major political development ahead of Assam’s 2026 Assembly elections, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union Minister Rajen Gohain resigned from the party on Wednesday, accusing its leadership of betraying the values on which it was built.

Gohain, a four-time Member of Parliament from Nagaon and a veteran of the BJP since 1991, said the party had strayed far from the principles laid down by Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani. “The BJP has become the main enemy of the Assamese. We did not join the party to watch people’s faces but to serve the ideals of our founders,” he said, announcing his resignation.

The former Minister of State for Railways also expressed disappointment with the current state of governan

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