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Assam Congress Working President Quits Post, CM Himanta Claims To Have His Support For BJP

Assam Congress MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha resigned from the position of Working President of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee.

Assam Congress MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha, who extended his support, along with another Congress MLA Basanta Das, resigned from the position of Working President of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee with immediate effect. "I do hereby resign from the post of Working President, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee with immediate effect and continue the work only as Primary member Of the Congress party," Purkayastha said in the letter dated February 13 

On Wednesday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that Congress MLAs Basanta Das and Purkayastha have extended their support to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Assam government.

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"Today, two Congress MLAs Basanta Das and Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha have extended their support to the Assam government. Earlier, two Congress MLAs Sashi Kanta Das and Siddique Ahmed had extended their support. So far, four Congress MLAs have extended their support to the government. In coming days, all opposition MLAs will extend their support to the government," the Assam CM said. 

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