Guwahati : Congress Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi has written to the party’s central leadership alleging humiliation during internal deliberations on ticket distribution for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections and warned that he may quit the party over the issue.

In a strongly worded letter addressed to AICC general secretary in charge of Assam Jitendra Singh, the Nagaon MP said he felt deeply hurt by the manner in which his concerns were handled and accused Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Gaurav Gogoi and senior Congress leader Imran Masood of humiliating him during discussions related to the Lahorighat Assembly constituency.

Bordoloi said he had repeatedly raised objections over the possible renomination of sitting Congress MLA Asif Mohammad Nazar from Lahorighat but alleged that his concerns were ignored by the party leadership.

“I am writing this letter with a lot of pain and anguish,” Bordoloi said, adding that while politics often involves setbacks and disappointments, what he found “unpalatable and unfathomable” was the lack of camaraderie and understanding among senior party colleagues.

The MP said the issue stemmed from a violent attack on him in April 2025. According to Bordoloi, Nagaon police had arrested and chargesheeted Emdadul Islam, whom he described as a “history-sheeter” and a close associate of Nazar, in connection with the alleged attack.

Bordoloi claimed that on April 27, 2025, around 20 assailants armed with iron rods and other weapons attacked the vehicle in which he was travelling with MLA Sibamoni Bora at Doomdoomia in Dhing.

He alleged that after the accused secured bail, he was accorded a “hero’s welcome” and publicly received by Nazar, who later took him to the residence of Gogoi.

The MP further claimed that the accused was felicitated at a public programme attended by Gogoi earlier this year. Bordoloi said he immediately contacted the APCC chief to protest and shared details about the alleged criminal background of the individual.

However, Bordoloi said he was shocked to see the same individual seated on the stage behind Gogoi during a party event in Morigaon that he also attended.

The Nagaon MP said he subsequently placed documentary evidence before the party’s screening committee chaired by Priyanka Gandhi opposing Nazar’s candidature for the 2026 Assam Assembly elections.

Bordoloi further alleged that during a meeting of the Congress Central Election Committee in New Delhi on March 13, Masood dismissed his claims as “false and fabricated” before the party’s top leadership.

According to him, the meeting was attended by senior leaders including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and AICC general secretary K. C. Venugopal.

Describing the episode as deeply humiliating, Bordoloi said the silence of the APCC president during the discussion compounded his distress.

“My humiliation before the entire leadership of the Congress party was deafeningly complete,” he wrote, adding that he felt his concerns and evidence had neither been defended nor acknowledged.

In the concluding part of the letter, Bordoloi said he was once again submitting evidence regarding the alleged criminal nexus and urged Singh to intervene.

“As I go down fighting to protect my own dignity before the reactionary leadership of the state,” he wrote, signalling that his political future in the party may depend on the leadership’s response.

Meanwhile, Nazar was recently among four Congress members apprehended by Dispur police in Guwahati over the alleged transportation of printed leaflets containing accusations and objectionable material against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.