Former Assam MP Rajen Gohain accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of running a “Hitler-like authoritarian government after joining the regional Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) on Wednesday (November 5, 2025).
A four-time parliamentarian from central Assam’s Nagaon constituency, he quit the BJP in October.
“The BJP-led government has turned Assam into a police-run State. The BJP has become the biggest enemy of the State instead of strengthening its social fabric,” he told journalists after wearing the AJP colours.
The AJP, led by former All Assam Students’ Union leader Lurinjyoti Gogoi, was a product of the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act movement in the State in 2019. The party’s general secretary, Jagadish Bhuyan, had quit the BJP during the peak of the movement.
Mr. Gohain, who was a key member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) before joining the BJP, said the people of Assam effectively handed over the State’s control to the BJP’s central leadership in New Delhi, losing their voice and autonomy in the bargain.
