{"id":9176,"date":"2024-03-25T07:10:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T07:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/assam-mla-bharat-narah-quits-congress-after-wife-fails-to-get-lok-sabha-ticket-india-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T07:10:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T07:10:50","slug":"assam-mla-bharat-narah-quits-congress-after-wife-fails-to-get-lok-sabha-ticket-india-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/assam-mla-bharat-narah-quits-congress-after-wife-fails-to-get-lok-sabha-ticket-india-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Assam: MLA Bharat Narah quits Congress after wife fails to get Lok Sabha ticket | India News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-108762914,imgsize-1807158.cms?resize=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Assam: MLA Bharat Narah quits Congress after wife fails to get Lok Sabha ticket | India News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Assam: MLA Bharat Narah quits Congress after wife fails to get Lok Sabha ticket | India News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>GUWAHATI: Bharat Chandra Narah, the MLA of Naoboicha in Assam&#8217;s Lakhimpur district, resigned from the Congress on Monday after his wife failed to get a ticket from the party for the <!-- -->Lok Sabha<!-- --> elections. The Congress announced Uday Shankar Hazarika as its candidate for the Lakhimpur Lok Sabha seat. Narah was hopeful that his party would nominate his wife Ranee Narah, a former Union Minister, for the seat.<br \/>&#8220;I do hereby resign from the Indian National Congress with immediate effect,&#8221; the MLA said in his one-line resignation letter to party president Mallikarjun Kharge. <br \/>On Sunday, Narah resigned from the post of the chairman of Assam Congress&#8217; media cell. <br \/>He is a five-time MLA from Dhakuakhana constituency, and became a legislator for the sixth term from Naoboicha in 2021. Prior to joining Congress, he was with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP). <br \/>Narah has been a cabinet minister in both the AGP and Congres governments. He was also the press advisor to then Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. <br \/>His wife Ranee Narah is a three-time MP from Lakhimpur and has also served a term in the Rajya Sabha. <br \/>Ranee Narah and Hazarika, who had switched over to Congress from the ruling BJP a few months ago, were in close contention for nomination from Lakhimpur, party sources said. <br \/>Though Hazarika is a new face in the party, he has strong support from the state Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah, they said. <br \/>Hazarika is in a straight fight with BJP candidate Pradan Baruah, who is seeking a third successive term in the constituency. <br \/>Earlier this month, Congress MP Abdul Khaleque resigned from the party after he was denied a ticket from the Barpeta constituency. However, he withdrew it after a meeting with Kharge in New Delhi. <br \/>Of the 14 Lok Sabha seats, the Congress has fielded candidates in 13 seats. It has offered support in the Dibrugarh seat to ally Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP). <br \/>The BJP has named candidates in 13 seats, while its allies AGP and UPPL fielded candidates in two and one seat, respectively. <br \/>The Congress has three MPs from the state in the outgoing Lok Sabha, while the BJP has nine, and one seat each is held by the AIUDF and an Independent. <br \/>Presently, the BJP&#8217;s official strength in the 126-member assembly is 61, while its allies AGP and UPPL have nine and seven MLAs, respectively. <br \/>In the opposition benches, the Congress has 27 MLAs, AIUDF has 15 members, Bodoland People&#8217;s Front (BPF) has three and CPI(M) has one MLA. 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