News coming in from Assam. A senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Union Minister Rajen Gohain has resigned from the position of Assam Food and Civil Supplies Corporation in protest against the delimitation of the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency. Gohain has represented Nagaon constituency four times.
Gohain has also claimed that it will be impossible for the party to win from that seat in the future. In a statement to the new agency, Gohain stated that nobody should be given absolute power in the party’s state unit.
In a letter to CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday, Gohain said that the recent delimitation process has rendered the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency ""unwinnable for BJP candidates in the future and has also put the people of the constituency under threat due to demographic change"".
The letter further reads, ""Despite having numerous rounds of discussions with you, I am afraid that my concerns and deep dissatisfaction on the way the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency has been constituted did not bring any change whatsoever.”
Gohain said he had also informed Union home minister Amit Shah of his concerns. He was asked to give his recommendations in writing.
Gohain took this step the very next day of the decision, but unfortunately it did not bring any positive outcome. He further stated that now he feels betrayed and disrespected that senior members like him were not heard by his own party leaders out of genuine concern which is for the party’s benefit.
Gohain said that he was with BJP for over 25 years, and had represented the Lok Sabha seat from BJP for a span of 20 years. He further pointed out that his experience on this matter should have been counted.
Gohain later claimed that the recent delimitation regarding the assembly constituencies was correct and secure for the indigenous population, but the Nagaon parliamentary constituency has been ""a gift"" to opposition parties.
Another question that arises in the backdrop of such incidents, are BJP veterans feeling isolated and discarded? We have seen a lot of people parachuting to BJP from different political parties and gaining more power and importance than the old hands. In Maharashtra, we have seen leaders like Eknath Kadse, Vinod Tawde etc, sidelined and Narayan Rane, Radhekrishna VK Patil setting plum positioning.
BJP was known to be a party with a difference, giving ample importance to their senior members and ideology. But no it looks like, BJP has or is turning into yesteryear Congress?
#Assam #BJP #HimantaBiswaSarma #PMModi #AmitShah #LokSabha #Election2024 #2024Elections #HWNews
Gohain has also claimed that it will be impossible for the party to win from that seat in the future. In a statement to the new agency, Gohain stated that nobody should be given absolute power in the party’s state unit.
In a letter to CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday, Gohain said that the recent delimitation process has rendered the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency ""unwinnable for BJP candidates in the future and has also put the people of the constituency under threat due to demographic change"".
The letter further reads, ""Despite having numerous rounds of discussions with you, I am afraid that my concerns and deep dissatisfaction on the way the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency has been constituted did not bring any change whatsoever.”
Gohain said he had also informed Union home minister Amit Shah of his concerns. He was asked to give his recommendations in writing.
Gohain took this step the very next day of the decision, but unfortunately it did not bring any positive outcome. He further stated that now he feels betrayed and disrespected that senior members like him were not heard by his own party leaders out of genuine concern which is for the party’s benefit.
Gohain said that he was with BJP for over 25 years, and had represented the Lok Sabha seat from BJP for a span of 20 years. He further pointed out that his experience on this matter should have been counted.
Gohain later claimed that the recent delimitation regarding the assembly constituencies was correct and secure for the indigenous population, but the Nagaon parliamentary constituency has been ""a gift"" to opposition parties.
Another question that arises in the backdrop of such incidents, are BJP veterans feeling isolated and discarded? We have seen a lot of people parachuting to BJP from different political parties and gaining more power and importance than the old hands. In Maharashtra, we have seen leaders like Eknath Kadse, Vinod Tawde etc, sidelined and Narayan Rane, Radhekrishna VK Patil setting plum positioning.
BJP was known to be a party with a difference, giving ample importance to their senior members and ideology. But no it looks like, BJP has or is turning into yesteryear Congress?
#Assam #BJP #HimantaBiswaSarma #PMModi #AmitShah #LokSabha #Election2024 #2024Elections #HWNews
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00:00 Hello everyone this is Amina Ansari welcome to SW News English
00:05 News coming in from Assam A senior Bharati Janta Party leader and former
00:09 Union Minister Rajen Goen has resigned from the position of Assam Food and Civil Supplies
00:15 Corporation in protest against the delimitation of Nagao Lok Sabha constituency. Goen has
00:23 represented Nagao constituency four times. Goen has also claimed that it will be impossible
00:29 for the BJP party to win from the seat in the future. In a statement to the news agency,
00:35 Goen stated that nobody should be given absolute power in the party's state unit. In a letter
00:42 to CM Himanta Vishwasarma on Friday, Goen said that the recent delimitation process
00:49 has rendered the Nagao Lok Sabha constituency unbeatable for BJP candidates in the future
00:55 and also put the people of the constituency under threat due to demographic changes. The
01:01 letter further reads, "Despite having numerous rounds of discussions with you, I am afraid
01:08 that my concerns and deep dissatisfaction on the way the Nagao Lok Sabha constituency
01:13 has been constituted did not bring any change whatsoever." Goen said he had also informed
01:20 Union Home Minister Amit Shah of his concerns. He was asked to give his recommendations in
01:26 writing. Goen took this step the very next day of decision. But unfortunately, it did
01:32 not bring any positive outcome. He further stated that now he feels betrayed and disrespected
01:38 that senior member like him was not heard by his own party leaders out of genuine concern
01:44 which is for the party's benefit. Goen said that he was with BJP for over 25 years and
01:52 had represented the Lok Sabha seat from BJP for a span of 20 years. He further pointed
01:58 out that his experience on this matter should have been counted. Goen later claimed that
02:05 the recent delimitation regarding the assembly constituencies was correct and secure for the
02:10 indigenous population but the Nagao parliamentary constituencies has been a gift to the opposition
02:16 parties.
02:17 Another question that arises in the backdrop of such incidents, are BJP veterans feeling
02:24 isolated and discarded? We have seen a lot of people parachuting to BJP from different
02:30 political parties and gaining more power and importance than the old hands. In Maharashtra
02:36 itself, we have seen leaders like Eknath Khadse, Vinod Tavde, etc. sideline and Narayan Rane,
02:45 Radhakrishna, VK Patil setting plump positions. BJP was known to be a party with difference,
02:53 giving ample importance to their senior members and ideology. But now, it looks like BJP has
03:01 or is turning into yesteryear's Congress.
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03:10 English.
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