Breaking News LIVE Updates; Delhi Jammu Kashmir News | Bhaskar Updates: In Assam, 17 including former Union Minister Gohain left BJP, said – BJP has become the biggest enemy of Assamese people.

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Former Union minister and four-time BJP MP Rajen Gohain quit the party along with 17 other members on Thursday. Gohain wrote in a three-line letter sent to Assam BJP President Dilip Saikia, ‘I am resigning from the primary membership of BJP from today. Please accept it with immediate effect.

After resignation, Gohain said, ‘I am not leaving the party with any ambition.’ Gohain said, ‘Assamese society has been broken. Ahom community was the decisive force of Assam, today their political hold has been destroyed. BJP has become the biggest enemy of Assamese.

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