• Lurinjyoti Gogoi says Chittaranjan Basumatary will withdraw his resignation soon

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    Lurinjyoti Gogoi says Chittaranjan Basumatary will withdraw his resignation soon

    Chittaranjan Basumatary, regarded as one of the most important people in the party, Chittaranjan Basumatary was the candidate of the party for the Dhemaji constituency in the 2021 assembly election. 

    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Digital Desk: mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> In a major political development,
    Chittaranjan Basumatary resigned from the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) on
    Friday.



    As per sources,
    Basumatary tendered his resignation to Lurin Jyoti Gogoi, the party president.



    Chittaranjan
    Basumatary was the secretary of the AJP and was one of the founding members of
    the party.



    Although no
    reasons were announced, Basumatary, in a Facebook post, wrote, "I resigned
    from AJP." I am politically free now. However, he informed us later that
    his reason for resignation was inter-party clashes.



    Chittaranjan
    Basumatary, regarded as one of the most important people in the party,
    Chittaranjan Basumatary was the candidate of the party for the Dhemaji
    constituency in the 2021 assembly election. 



    He secured the
    second position in Dhemaji in terms of votes and was also among the
    highest-voted candidates from the AJP in the 2021 elections.



    Basumatary was
    also the candidate for the Majuli by-elections held this year in March.



    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">It is still unclear as to which
    party he will join but it has been rumoured that he may join either the AAP or
    the TMC.



    Speaking to the
    press, Gogoi said, "I was not informed about anything earlier or was not
    even given a hint that Chittaranjan was resigning.



    Lurin Jyoti
    Gogoi confessed that although things in the party did not go as planned, issues
    are being solved now and he hopes that Basumatary will withdraw the resignation
    soon.