Amguri MLA Prodip Hazarika of Asom Gana Parishad resigns from party

 GUWAHATI: A day after the Election Commission of India (ECI) published the final delimitation order for assembly and parliamentary constituencies of Assam, senior leader of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) Prodip Hazarika on Saturday resigned from the party by expressing his dissatisfaction over the same.

Sending the letter to AGP president Atul Bora, Prodip Hazarika said that, he resigned from his organizational responsibilities within AGP, including the positions of General Secretary and Central Committee Member.

MLA of the Amguri assembly constituency, Prodip Hazarika tendered his resignation a day after the ECI published final delimitation order where his constituency Amguri does not exist and he expressed dissatisfaction over the final delimitation order.

Prodip Hazarika had been representing the Amguri constituency for several years. His Assembly constituency was dissolved in the final delimitation list and the areas of original Amguri constituency have included in Nazira and Sibsagar Assembly constituencies.

"Amguri is not just a constituency for me, but the nursery that shaped my political life," Hazarika said in his resignation letter. He also said that he has faced condemnation from the people of Amguri for the party's failure in retaining the constituency. Prodip Hazarika told ANI over phone that, he has already sent his resignation letter to the party president Atul Bora. (ANI)

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