On June 18, Mariani MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi who had once expressed his confidence in Congress forming the government in 2021 officially offered his resignation from the party in presence of Assam Legislative Assembly speaker Biswajit Daimary.
MLA Kurmi criticized the Congress party by saying that he was never honoured by the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC). They didn’t give him any kind of responsibility in the assembly even though being one of the Congress representatives in the tea garden areas.
While talking to the media he also expressed his opinions towards the Congress party. In a letter to the All-India Congress Committee, president, Sonia Gandhi, Rupjyoti Kurmi wrote, “I am born and brought up in Congress and a sincere and dedicated to INC since childhood, my mother three-time MLA and minister and myself fourth time MLA, but it seems party hasn’t given me the due position, which I was capable of. Therefore, madam, today with due honour to you, put my resignation from INC party primary membership, looking forward of my Mariani constituency people as a whole of the betterment of my Assam.”
According to the reports, MLA Kurmi may officially join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) next Monday in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
