Congress crisis

BJP strategic poaching Assam Congress leaders Pradyut Bordoloi, Bhupen Borah deepens crisis ahead of assembly elections

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When Pradyut Bordoloi, Congress MP from Assam’s Nagaon, bumped into Minister of State Ravneet Bittu in the corridors of Parliament on Wednesday, he hugged him and exclaimed, “Now I will also be called a traitor.” The “traitor” jibe was an veiled dig at Rahul Gandhi, who had earlier jabbed Bittu on the steps of Makar … Read more

Pradyut Bordoloi Exit: How a loyal Congress MP from Assam was forced to join BJP

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“Congressis like me can never leave the party. It’s impossible for us to imagine politics beyond the Congress,” I remember Pradyut Bordoloi telling a group of journalists from Assam at a meeting in New Delhi’s Press Club in 2016. Himanta Biswa Sarma had recently quit the Congress to join the BJP in 2015, and amid … Read more