On the day of BJP president Amit Shah's meeting in Guwahati, the party's MPs from Assam claimed that several leaders from opposition parties, including the ruling Congress, have expressed willingness to join the saffron party and contest the Assembly polls scheduled next year.


Shah arrived in the city this morning along with other national office bearers on a day's tour to attend the 'Maha Sampark' meeting of all the BJP units of North East.


Moments before his landing, senior party leader and MP Bijoya Chakravarty told reporters at the airport that many senior leaders, mostly from the Congress, have expressed willingness to join BJP. "They are likely to join our party by the end of this month. Apart from public and government staff, even their (Congress') own legislators are disillusioned with Congress rule in Assam," she claimed. She, however, declined to share any name.