MP Pradyut Bordoloi joins BJP after quitting Congress ahead of Assam polls

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.

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.

(With ANI inputs)