Guwahati, March 18 -- Lok Sabha MP from Assam's Nagaon, Pradyut Bordoloi, a day after suddenly resigning from Congress on Tuesday ahead of the Assembly polls in Assam next month, joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday.

Bordoloi joined the saffron party at a simple ceremony in New Delhi at the residence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. BJP state president Dilip Saikia, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita, and several BJP MPs from Assam were present.

"No self-respecting individual can stay in Congress today, particularly in the case of Assam. Bordoloi is a very senior Congress leader who joined the party in 1975. We welcome him to the BJP," said CM Sarma.

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