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.
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.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], December 20 (ANI): Congress MLA Sashi Kanta Das pledged to support the Assam government politically, and the move was welcomed by BJP leader and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday.