India, Feb. 22 -- Former Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bhupen Kumar Borah on Sunday formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.

The 55-year-old politician formally joined the BJP at the party's state headquarters in Guwahati in the presence of Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia and other senior leaders.

The development came days after Borah resigned from the Congress, ending his 32-year-long association and citing differences with the senior leadership as the primary reason for his exit.

Borah represented the Bihpuria Assembly seat for two consecutive terms between 2006 and 2016. He was made the Assam Congress president in August 2021 and was replaced in May last year, wi...