Former Assam Congress Chief Ripun Bora Rejoins Party

Ripun Bora, former Assam Congress chief, has rejoined the Congress after resigning as the state TMC president. AICC general secretary Jitendra Singh welcomed him at an Extended Executive Committee meeting. Bora aims to strengthen the Congress and expose the BJP’s misgovernance. Several TMC leaders also joined the Congress.

Former Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora, who recently resigned as the state Trinamool Congress (TMC) president, has rejoined the Congress.

AICC general secretary in-charge of Assam, Jitendra Singh, officially welcomed Bora back into the party during an Extended Executive Committee meeting at Charaideo.

"The people of Assam are fed up with the misrule of the BJP government. We will all work together to strengthen the Congress further and expose the ruling alliance's corruption and communalism before the people," Bora said.

Several top functionaries of state TMC also joined the Congress along with Bora.

In addition to Singh, state Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah, Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia, and other leaders were present to mark the occasion.

Bora, a former state cabinet minister and ex-MP, had left the Congress in April 2022 and resigned from the Trinamool Congress on September 1, citing that the people of Assam view TMC as a "regional party" of West Bengal and are "not willing to accept" it as their own.

(With inputs from agencies.)