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Assam Cong Strongman Himanta Biswa Sarma To Join BJP

Tarun Gogoi’s former aide Himanta Biswa Sarma announced his intention to join BJP after a Sunday talk with Amit Shah.

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Putting speculation at rest, Congress master strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma has confirmed that he is joining BJP. Sarma who is the former aide of Assam CM Tarun Gogoi has made this stance clear after a meeting with BJP chief Amit Shah in New Delhi on Sunday.

Following massive calls over the past months from people across Assam hailing from all communities will be formally joining the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) for A Resurgent Assam and Northeast under the vibrant leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji.
— Sarma’s Facebook post read after the meeting:

Since last year November, speculation was rife that Sarma would join BJP which he had denied then. A master strategist, he was responsible for many Congress victories in the state.

Reports suggest that he was having issues with the party and had resigned from the state cabinet last year July after AICC refused his request for leadership change in the state.

This move by the former state health and education minister might be a huge blow for the Sonia Gandhi-led party ahead of the state assembly elections scheduled next year.

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