India, Feb. 17 -- Senior Assam politician Bhupen Borah, who recently quit the Congress Party ahead of the state elections, will join the Bharatiya Janata Party on February 22, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Monday.

"Bhupen Borah has decided not to withdraw his resignation, and after our discussion, he has chosen to join the BJP," Sarma told reporters.

Borah, who had been appointed to the top post of the Congress state unit in 2021, resigned after alleging he was sidelined and overruled.

In May last year, Gaurav Gogoi replaced him in the position. Although Borah was assigned the coalition committee, he claimed that all major decisions were being taken by Gogoi.

"The main reason is humiliation," Borah told NDTV in an ex...