When West Bengal is witnessing a slew of defections from the ruling party TMC, the ruling party in Assam, BJP is facing a similar situation, yet not to that extent.

Sum Ronghang, a BJP minister has switched formally to Congress on Sunday, on being denied ticket in the upcoming Assam assembly election.

He joined the Congress in the presence of party general secretary Jitendra Singh and party’s state unit chief Ripun Bora. Mr Ronghang is the Minister of hill area development and mines and minerals.

The Congress is likely to field him from Diphu constituency, party sources added.

Mr Ronghang said, “I did not like the way I was denied the ticket. I performed my duties with full dedication. I did not get the ticket due to conspiracy of certain individuals.”

He was one among the 11 BJP MLAs who have been dropped this time.

As per the recently conducted ABP-C-Voter survey, BJP-led alliance is likely to retain power in the state. Out of the state’s 126 seats, the opinion poll predicted 68-76 seats and 42 per cent vote share for the BJP, and 43-51 seats and 31 percent vote share for Congress-led alliance. The others may get 5-10 seats in the state.