Assam Congress veteran leaves in huff, party yet to accept resignation

While cross-party defections are common before elections, the party has to ensure that its vote share – higher in 2019 than it was in 2014 – doesn’t get hit A day before Holi celebrations, the Opposition Congress in Assam suffered yet another setback. Veteran leader and legislator from the Naoboicha seat, Bharat Chandra Narah, put in his papers, writing a one-line resignation letter addressed to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.