New Delhi, March 19 -- Former Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi on Thursday expressed gratitude towards the BJP after the party announced him as a candidate from Dispur constituency for the upcoming Assam assembly elections and said that he will work to build a positive rapport with the people.

Speaking with ANI, Bordoloi, who joined the BJP yesterday after resigning from Congress, said that he did not ask the BJP for anything other than a platform to play a meaningful role. He added that he would like to build an effective partnership with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who also happens to be his former colleague.

"... I am grateful. I did not ask anything from the BJP when I decided to join, because what I needed was a platform to wo...