India, Nov. 5 -- Former member of Parliament (MP) and Union minister Rajen Gohain, who quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) last month, has joined the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) on Wednesday ahead of next year's assembly polls in the state.

Gohain, who was the president of the BJP in Assam and had won four Lok Sabha polls from Nagaon seat for the party, had resigned from the saffron party on October 9 along with 17 others.

"This is a big development in Assam. Gohain's entry to our party has strengthened us ahead of the elections and it has opened the floodgates for others disgruntled with the ruling BJP to join us," said AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi.

He indicated that talks are underway with several senior leaders in different part...