India, March 6 -- Three Congress MLAs - Kamalakhya De Purakayastha, Sashikanta Das and Basanta Das - on Thursday joined the ruling BJP in Assam, along with two others, ahead of the Assembly polls. All of them were inducted into the party by State BJP president Dilip Saikia in the presence of Union Minister Pabitra Margherita at a function here. The two others who joined the BJP are former Congress joint secretary Parsha Bob Kalita and former Trinamool Congress general secretary Kangkan Nath.

The development comes close on the heels of former Assam Congress president Bhupen Borah joining the saffron party. Elections are likely to be held in April. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa.

Sarma said that for the last two years, the MLAs were support...