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After Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi joined the BJP, his son Prateek Bordoloi announced that he will not contest on the Congress ticket from Margherita in the upcoming Assembly elections.

In a letter to Congress president and Central Election Committee chairman Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday, Prateek said he will continue to remain a party member.

In his letter shared with journalists on Thursday, March 19, 2026, Mr. Prateek said that it would not be appropriate for him to continue as a Congress candidate from Margherita following his father’s decision to join another party.

“With great respect and a deep sense of responsibility towards the party, I would like to convey my decision to withdraw my candidacy from the Margherita Assembly Constituency,” he said.

Mr. Prateek maintained that he will continue to work for the party in whatever capacity the leadership deems fit.

His father, a Congress member for over five decades, had resigned from the grand old party on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, and joined the BJP the next day.

– PTI