Assam Congress MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi quits Congress, set to join BJP

Four-time Congress MLA from Assam Rupjyoti Kurmi has quit the party and is set to join the BJP on Monday. Kurmi alleged that there is no voice of young leaders in Congress.

"Party's condition will never improve if Rahul Gandhi continues to lead the party," Kurmi told reporters after submitting his resignation to the Assembly Speaker on Friday. “We have opposed alliance with All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) in the recently held Assembly polls and see Congress suffered a humiliating defeat due to alliance in Upper Assam.”

Congress subsequently expelled him from the party’s primary membership.Kurmi is the third Assam Congress leader to leave the party in recent months. Prior to the Assembly polls, Ajanta Neog and Rajdeep Goala had left the party. Neog is now a minister in the current government."I feel the Congress leadership in New Delhi and in Assam does not want young people to grow in the party. They do not want people from backward communities, like tea tribe, to come forward, so I decided that I will quit the Congress," Kurmi said.