Suspended Congress MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha on Thursday blamed the party's "appeasement politics" for his decision to switch sides and join Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of Assam polls.
Three suspended Assam Congress MLAs Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha, Basanta Das, and Sashi Kanta Das joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the State BJP headquarters in Guwahati on Saturday in the presence of state party president Dilip Saikia, ahead of the Assembly elections.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday informed that two more Congress MLAs have extended their support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Assam, adding in total now four MLAs are supporting the state government.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Congress has faced another setback after two more MLAs of Assam extended their support to the Assam government led by Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma.