Assam cabinet minister Pijush Hazarika on Saturday informed that over 46 youths including the president of Cotton University Students Union (CUSU) and the former state general secretary of National Students' Union of India (NSUI) joined the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) state unit.

Taking to social media, Hazarika said that he was a part of the event organised today at the headquarters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Assam Pradesh during which the youth leaders joined the party’state unit’s youth wing.

CUSU President Niyor Deka and former state GS of NSUI Gunjan Burman were among many others to join the BJP’s youth wing today.

The state water resources minister, Hazarika said that he was joined by the party’s state President Bhabesh Kalita and cabinet colleague Jayanta Malla Baruah, among others at the event.

He wrote on Facebook, “I attended a Joining Ceremony today, organised at the headquarters of Bharatiya Janata Party, Assam Pradesh by initiative of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.”

“Allured by the policies of Bharatiya Janata Party and the development oriented approach of the federal government under Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji and the State Government under Hon'ble Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma Sir, 46 youth including the President of Cotton University Students' Union Shri Niyor Deka and former State General Secretary of NSUI Shri Gunjan Burman joined the Bharatiya Janata Party today,” he added.

The Assam minister further wrote, “I along with Hon'ble President of BJP, Assam Pradesh Shri Bhabesh Kalita, Fellow Minister Shri Jayanta Mallabaruah ,BJP General Secretary Shri Diplu Ranjan Sarma ,Vice Chairman of Assam State Transport Corporation Shri Pranab Jyoti Lahkar, President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha Shri Sidhanku Ankur Barua and General Secretary Shri Himangshu Shekhar Baishya and other prominent party officials welcomed the youth who joined the party today and I called upon them to keep serving the party and the State in the spirit of service and unity.”