Former Assam Congress president Bhupen Borah, who is joining the BJP, on Thursday said that when he raised the issue of his humiliation in the party with Rahul Gandhi, he told him that he too feels humiliated.
Borah, who resigned on Monday in a setback for Congress ahead of the assembly elections, said he cannot tolerate such humiliation.
“I told Rahul Gandhi that I feel humiliated in the party, and then he said that he also felt humiliated. So what is the value of my humiliation? I can’t tolerate such humiliation because I don’t have that much ability,” Borah told the media, recalling the conversation he had with the senior leader who called him after his resignation.
On state Congress president Gaurav Gogoi’s allegation that he had accepted Rs 50 crore from Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to join the BJP, Borah said if he was offered the money, he would accept it in front of the press.
“My father dreamed of building a stadium and had reserved 12 bighas of land for the purpose. I, however, could not fulfill his wish even when I was an MLA for two terms. He died in 2019,” he said.
“This wish of my father is in my heart, but to build a state-of-the-art stadium, Rs 50 crore will not be enough. But I will accept it and start the work,” he added.
Borah will join the BJP on February 22.
The 126-member Assam Assembly is expected to go to polls in March-April.