Former Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora resigns from party, joins Trinamool

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• Apr 17, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

The
West Bengal Trinamool Congress (TMC) inducted former Assam Congress chief Ripun
Bora on Sunday after he resigned from the party. Abhishek Banerjee is the
party's national general secretary. “Extending a very warm welcome to Shri
@ripunbora, a stalwart and skilled politician, who joined the @AITCofficial
family today. We are extremely pleased to have you onboard and look forward to
working together for the well-being of our people,” Banerjee said on
Twitter. 

mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#424242"> Bora,
in his resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, allegedly claimed
there was a 'secret understanding' between senior state unit leaders and the
ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “I am very pained to inform you that it is
an open secret in Assam that instead of fighting against the BJP, a section of
senior most leaders of the Pradesh Congress Committee have been maintaining a
secret with the BJP government, mainly with the chief minister,” Bora
wrote, 

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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#424242"> Former
Rajya Sabha MP also wrote that Congress leaders in Assam were fighting among
themselves instead of fighting the 'communal' BJP. “The leaders of this grand
old party at different levels are fighting each other for vested interests.
This has given the BJP ample advantages to grow in every nook and corner in one
hand and in another, demoralising millions of Congress workers in the country,”
the letter read.