Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Rajen Gohain on Friday (August 18) resigned from the post of chairman of the Assam Food and Civil Supplies Corporation in protest against the delimitation of Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency. He claimed that it would be impossible for the party to win from that seat in future.
Gohain, who has represented the Nagaon Lok Sabha seat four times, claimed that he had discussed the delimitation with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, but there was no positive result. Without naming anyone in the conversation, he said that unlimited rights should not be given to anyone in the state unit of the party.

What was written in the letter?

In a letter sent to CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Gohain said that the recent delimitation process has left the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency not winnable for the BJP in future. The people of this constituency have also been put at risk due to the demographic change."
He further said in the letter, “Even after several rounds of talks with you, I am concerned that despite my concern and deep dissatisfaction with the manner in which the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency was formed, there has been no change. ,

What did Rajen Gohain claim?

Gohain claimed that he had also conveyed his concern to Union Home Minister Amit Shah. He had asked them to give their recommendation in writing.
He wrote in the letter, “The very next day I did so but unfortunately no positive result came out. I feel cheated and humiliated that a senior member like me was not heard by his own party leaders on genuine concern for the benefit of the party.

What is the matter?

On August 11, the Election Commission published its final report on the delimitation of assembly and parliamentary constituencies in the state. In which total 126 assembly seats and 14 Lok Sabha seats were kept unchanged as before, but the names of 19 assembly constituencies and one parliamentary constituency were also modified.
In Assam, 19 assembly and two Lok Sabha constituencies have been reserved for the Scheduled Tribes (ST), while one Lok Sabha constituency and nine assembly constituencies have been reserved for the Scheduled Castes (SC). The Election Commission order on the delimitation of the state became effective from Wednesday (August 16).