Guwahati, May 06: In a major political development, Joy Ram Engleng, a former BJP MLA and chief executive member of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) joined the Congress at a function in Diphu at Karbi Anglong in Assam on Friday.

Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Bhupen Bora and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi were present at his joining ceremony.

Along with Engleng, another former executive member of the KAAC, Bhupen Hadnu and seven others also joined the Congress party.

He had won the 2016 Assembly election on a BJP ticket from the Howraghat Assembly constituency in Karbi Anglong district.

However, he was denied a ticket by the party for the 2021 state Assembly polls.

Engleng had recently resigned from the BJP through a letter to the Assam BJP Chief Bhavesh Kalita.