Assam MP Ram Prasad Sarmah quits BJP after serving party for 29 years

Cites neglect of old workers by 'new intruders'; his name was not included in party's panel of probables for Tezpur Lok Sabha seat

In a jolt to the BJP in Assam, its sitting MP from Tezpur Ram Prasad Sarmah Saturday announced that he quit the saffron fold and alleged neglect of old workers by "new intruders in the party" Sarmah said he was resigning from the primary membership of the BJP after serving the RSS and VHP for 15 years and the BJP for 29 years.

"I have left BJP today. I really feel pained in my heart for those old BJP workers of Assam who are most neglected in the party by the new intruders in the party," he said in a Facebook