Guwahati: A day after Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that Assam Congress leader Rana Goswami was most welcome to join the BJP, the latter resigned from his post as Vice President of APCC and as an active member of the Indian National Congress.
In the resignation letter addressed to the General Secretary (Organisational) KC Venugopal, Goswami wrote, “I beg to state that I am tendering my resignation as the working President of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee and as an active member of the Indian National Congress.”
It may be mentioned that there had been several speculations that Goswami would join the BJP which in the past he had denied several times.
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However, with him resigning from the VP post on Wednesday, there is a similar hint that he might join the saffron party.
He, so far, has not made any official statement regarding his intentions or possibilities to join the BJP.
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Earlier on Tuesday, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Rana Goswami is a “powerful” politician and he (Sarma) would welcome Goswami’s move to join the BJP.