Hojai MLA Shiladitya Dev 'kicked out' after being denied ticket for upcoming state polls

After being denied ticket, BJP leader and incumbent MLA of Hojai Shiladitya Dev said that he was kicked out of the party.

Dev has been associated with frontal organisations of BJP’s ideological mentor Rastriya Sayamsevak Sangh (RSS)before making its electoral debut in 2016.

The Saffron party has replaced Dev with Ramakrishna Ghosh. The Hojai constituency is dominated by Bengali Hindus.


"Finally I have been kicked out from BJP," Dev said.

A senior BJP leader, who does not want to be named, told ET, “Dev’s performance, as indicated by the party's survey, was not satisfactory. Dev did not get requisite votes from the Nagaon Constituency in Lok Sabha polls and BJP was defeated in 2019.”

Hojai is the Centre of RSS activities for Northeast India. Dev is likely to contest the polls independently.

Dev has been vocal against Love Jihad. Recently, Dev termed revered scholar Syed Abdul Malik an "intellectual jihadi".