5.Cu user & Curiouser: The Unremarkable Choice of Siddhartha Bhattacharya I would not comment on the current State BJP President apart from saying that there could not have been a more arrogant. ill-tempered and coarse-mouthed office-bearer in BJP Assam’s history. I urge you to have one-to-one sittings with each BIP Assam office bearer, and take your feedback on Shri Bhattacharya’s public pronouncements and behaviour. Talk to the civil society and intelligentsi and see what they have to say about BJP Assam under his leadership. Today all kinds of questionable characters are filing the leadership ranks of BJP Assam. Look at the Kisan Morcha. Two of Vice Presidents were once ‘dreaded’ ULFA militants. The first is Kushal Duari (alias Jayanta Hazarika). Ask anybody in Sibsagar district about his reign of terror after surrendering from the ULFA and you would hear several ghastly tales. This Kushal Duari is profiled in the book Secret Killings of Assam, by Mrinal Talukdar, Utpal Borpujari and Kaushik Deka (hups:/7b00 sle.co.in/booksoutput=himl_text& id=1 RAW 7py7TEPsC &jtp=57), Another Vice President of Assam BJP's Kisan Morcha is Dhekial Phukan, popularly known as Dheki. He was named in the murder case of popular journalist Parag Das ( ul judicis v.in/Judgs 1% 202001 3/di/dik-y 2%%20das.pdf). Do you suppose these veteran gunmen are going to be models for Assam’s farmers? What are they doing in Assam BJP's Kisan Morcha? IN CONCLUSION | bid goodbye to BJP with a heavy heart as ¥ feel that it isn't any more the Party that | joined a decade back. Having said that, 1 owe to it some fond memories and indelible experiences, On balance, it was a wonderful opportunity to serve, | am also honoured to have worked for—and alongside—some very exceptional and wise leaders. | also wish to thanks my fellow Karyakartas for their unwavering love and support over the years, Warm regards ie Rohe