Former state minister and four times MLA Gautam Bora resigns from Congress party on Friday.
In the resignation letter to Ripun Bora, President of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) the minister declared that he has resigned from the primary membership as well as other posts of the Indian National Congress (INC).
In his letter, the minister has not cited the reasons for quitting the Congress party. However, many have speculated that Gautam Bora took this decision after being denied ticket from Batadrava in the Assam Assembly election.
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Congress fielded Sibamoni Bora in Batadrava against BJP MLA Angoorlata Deka.
In the 2011 election, Gautam Bora won against AIUDF candidate Matiur Rahman with a narrow margin of 131 votes. The minister was elected to the assembly with 40,950 votes, while AIUDF’s Matiur Rahman got 40, 819 votes.
In 2016, Angoorlata Deka defeated the minister with a margin of 5,885. Angoorlata got 46,343 votes and Gautam Bora got 40,458 votes.
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