India, Feb. 17 -- Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that former state Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah, who resigned from his post a day earlier, will join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on February 22.

The statement comes amid speculation over what decision Borah would take after the 55-year-old's resignation was kept on hold as the Congress leadership refused to accept it and asked him to reconsider.

After visiting Borah at his Guwahati residence on Tuesday evening, CM Sarma said, "Borah will will join BJP on February 22 for which our state president Dilip Saikia will work out the details. Along with him a good number of Congress leaders will join in Guwahati and in Lakhimpur."

Borah was the chairman of ...