Slit palms for INC but no value’, Assam MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi likely to join BJP, says 'No confidence in RaGa'

Four-time MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi from Assam resigned from the Congress on Thursday and is likely to switch over to the BJP on June 24-25. Kurmi was an MLA from Mariani Constituency which he won consecutively for four terms. The senior leader warned that a few more MLAs are planning to leave the grand old party.

 

 

“I was the only MLA representing the Congress in the tea community. Me departure shall leave a huge void in the party as far as tea votes are concerned,” he said, adding, “I did a lot for Congress, even slit my palms.. these things have no value in Congress.” 

 

 

"I was born in a Congress family. My parents were in Congress too. I was a sevak for a very long time. But now they are not giving importance to young leaders. High Command in Delhi & Guwahati leaders give priority to elderly leaders only. We'd told them Congress has a good chance of coming to power this time & we shouldn't forge an alliance with AIUDF as it would be a mistake. It indeed was", he added.

 

 

 

The senior leader blamed central Congress leadership and Rahul Gandhi for his decision and said he has no confidence in the Gandhi scion. “Rahul Gandhi’s decision to ally with AIUDF was a blunder and I had opposed it tooth and nail. The Congress is governed by a few senior leaders and there is no chance for the youth in the party, neither in the Centre nor in state,” he said.

 

 

Kurmi’s resignation comes a week after Jitin Prasada quit Congress and joined the BJP, and after a group of Congress MLAs met Sachin Pilot and expressed support for the dissident leader as trouble brewed again in Rajasthan’s ruling party. Pilot, however, brushed aside speculation that he is switching to the BJP Prasada.

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