Tripura: Pijush Kanti Biswas returns to Congress, criticizes neglect of Northeast
AGARTALA: Pijush Kanti Biswas, who resigned from his position as the Trinamool Congress (TMC) Tripura unit chief last year, has returned to the Congress party.
Biswas, formerly the president of Tripura Congress, officially re-joined the Congress during a ceremony held at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in Delhi.
At the event, he was warmly welcomed by Tripura Congress president Ashish Kumar Saha, former minister and MLA Sudip Roy Barman and Congress’s Tripura in-charge Girish Chodankar.
Expressing his delight, Biswas shared during a press conference, “Today marks the happiest day for me as I return to the Congress fold.”
He voiced criticism over the perceived neglect of Northeast states by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and highlighted Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which commenced in the Northeast.
He claimed that democracy and the Constitution have been ‘undermined’, and warned that if this trend persists, the judiciary will also suffer the same fate.
“In rallying under Rahul Gandhi’s leadership, we can defeat Narendra Modi. I urge everyone to join Rahul Gandhi in this endeavor,” Biswas emphasized.
A senior advocate at the Tripura high court, Biswas assumed the role of TMC state chief prior to the assembly polls in February 2023.
However, following the party's disappointing performance in the polls, he tendered his resignation from the TMC in July 2023.