India, Feb. 16 -- Former Congress state president Bhupen Kumar Borah resigned from the party on Monday. The development comes ahead of the upcoming state assembly polls, the dates of which are yet to be decided by the Election Commission of India (ECI).

The 55-year-old, who was replaced in May last year, and the position of state president handed to Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi, stated that he has submitted his resignation letter to the Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi.

"I have submitted my resignation from the Congress at 8am on Monday. I will wait for the party high command's response before commenting further. I wish to reiterate that I will continue to be in active politics," Borah told medi...