India, Oct. 9 -- A senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Assam, Rajen Gohain, on Thursday announced his resignation from the party, saying he was upset with the party's state leadership for its alleged "betrayal of Assam's indigenous communities".

Gohain, a four-time MP who last contested and won from the Nagaon Lok Sabha seat in 2014, said he was quitting the party's primary membership with immediate effect, adding that he had submitted his resignation to Assam unit chief Dilip Saikia.

The move comes ahead of assembly elections slated early next year

The former union minister of state for railways, however, did not speak about his future plans. "I haven't decided on my next move yet. Definitely, I will think about it," the 7...