Assam: Two expelled MLAs from Congress set to join BJP today

Two expelled MLAs from Congress party, Ajanta Neog and Rajdeep Gowala are all set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday.

According to the Assam BJP, the two former congressmen will join the BJP on Tuesday in the state BJP office in Hengerabari, Guwhati, in the presence of the party’s state president, Ranjeet Kumar Dass.

Four-time legislator Ajanta Neog who was the cabinet minister in Tarun Gogoi-led government and Lakhipur assembly constituency legislator Rajdeep Gowala had met Union

Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday (December 26) evening in Guwahati during his three-day visit to Assam and Manipur. Expelled from the Congress, MLAs Ajanta Neog and Rajdeep Gowala were part of a three-member delegation that met the Union Home Minister. The third member of this delegation was Bhuban Pegu, sitting MLA of the Gana Shakti Party.

On December 25, the Congress had expelled Ajanta Neog from the party over alleged anti-party activities.

Ajanta Neog was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly from Golaghat assembly constituency for three consecutive times. She held the position of cabinet minister handling several important portfolios under the late Tarun Gogoi’s administration.

Meanwhile, Rajdeep Gowala, the sitting MLA from the Lakhipur assembly constituency, was expelled from the Congress on October 9.