New Delhi: Congress leaders who defected to the Bharatiya Janata Occasion forward of the Assam meeting elections in April this 12 months carried out properly, whereas those that went in the wrong way confronted headwinds, outcomes launched by the Election Fee on Monday confirmed.
Days earlier than polls have been to be held within the state, sitting cupboard minister Nandita Gorlosa, who represents a outstanding tribe within the Dima Hasao area, resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Occasion and joined parliament after being denied voting tickets.
She has been fielded in Congress from Haflong (ST) constituency, the place she received the seat final time.
Gorlosa got here third within the constituency, which was received by Rupali Rantasa of the Bharatiya Janata Occasion.
She was not the one one to defect from the BJP forward of the polls.
Former Assam BJP deputy chief and social gathering veteran Jayanta Kumar Das additionally resigned from the social gathering and contested as an unbiased candidate from Dispur, a seat the place the BJP has fielded Congress insurgent Pradyut Bordoloi.
Mr. Bordoloi received from the constituency.
Amar Chand Jain, a former Bharatiya Janata Occasion MLA from Katigora, additionally joined the Congress after being denied a ticket from the Bharatiya Janata Occasion. The Congress fielded him from the constituency the place he misplaced floor to the BJP’s Kamalakya Dei Purkayastha.
Purkayastha, a former MLA, was additionally fielded by the BJP after becoming a member of the social gathering from the Congress.
BJP election chief Baijayan Panda defended the social gathering’s choice to not reappoint a number of sitting MLAs, saying those that stop the social gathering have been truly by no means members of the social gathering. “Those that stop the BJP are younger individuals who have been denied tickets. Now, those that are denied tickets and are switching events weren’t (affiliated) with the BJP within the first place,” Panda instructed ThePrint.
“So we have now a couple of key individuals leaving, however senior Congress leaders who have been thought of crucial have resigned and joined us,” he added.
The Bharatiya Janata Occasion (Assam) had additionally expelled 9 leaders weeks earlier than the vote for contesting independently towards the social gathering’s formally nominated candidates. They included Uddhav Das, Jayanta Kumar Das, Jitendra Singh Guru, Amarendu Das, Dhanjit Raba, Chakradhar Das, Gagan Chandra Haroy, Ankur Das, Yashoda Dulal and Rakshit.
Nevertheless, defections weren’t restricted to the Bharatiya Janata Occasion. Bordoloi, a two-time MP from Nagaon in Assam and a former minister within the Tarun Gogoi authorities, was amongst those that stop the Congress to hitch the Bharatiya Janata Occasion.
The BJP has fielded Bordoloi from Dispur rather than Atul Bora, who served the constituency for 5 phrases.
The Lok Sabha MP from Nagaon had focused Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi, accusing the Congress management of neglecting him.
Bordoloi was up towards Assam Mahila Congress president Mira Borthakur Goswami, who got here second.
The BJP additionally gave ticket to former Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah, who resigned from the social gathering months earlier than the Assam elections citing variations with the state management. He had additionally raised doubts about Gaurav Gogoi’s functioning.
The BJP has fielded Borah from Bihpuria constituency, changing sitting MLA Amiya Kumar Bhuyan, who defeated Borah, who was then the Congress candidate from the identical constituency, within the 2021 elections.
When the outcomes got here in on Monday, Mr Boller received from his seat.
Sashi Kanta Das, the sitting MLA, stop the Congress and joined the BJP earlier than the polls and was fielded by the BJP from Raha (SC) constituency. He defeated Utpal Bania of Congress.
The Bharatiya Janata Occasion, which received 60 seats within the 2021 polls, entered the 2026 elections in an alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bodoland Individuals’s Entrance (BPF). The BJP contested 89 seats, the AGP 26 seats and the BPF 11 seats.
The BJP has campaigned aggressively within the state, with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma touting the federal government’s infrastructure drive, whereas making Miya, the time period for Bengali-speaking Muslims, a key goal of assault. He additionally promised to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) if voted into energy.
(Edited by Sugita Katiyal)
