Bora, in his four-page letter to BJP president Amit Shah, cited the causes for his resignation as the party was reportedly considering induction of Congress rebel and former minister Himanta Biswa Sarma into the party and move to make Siddhartha Bhattacharya as BJP Assam unit president.
Bora questioned if Modi has "damaged" the democratic tradition of the country. "Today, the Foreign Minister barely knows that the Foreign Secretary is about to get fired; cabinet ministers cannot even appoint their own OSDs (Officers on Special Duty); and power is increasingly being centralised in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). This makes me wonder: does the cabinet system still exist in this country?"
Bora, a graudate of St Stephens College, Delhi and an IIM, Ahmedabad, passout, also questioned Amit Shah's "highly centralized style of decision-making" that "has ensured that many party office bearers feel highly dis-empowered.".
"Moreover, in any organisation, the style of the leader is quickly copied by those below him/her. What I am seeing in the party - at least in my state- is the flowering of junior Amit Shahs, with a tenth of your capability and ten times your arrogance", he charged.
Bora, who had unsuccesfully contested against Hemant Biswa Sarma in the last Assembly election, said "I do not have any faith in the political integrity of many of our MPs and MLAs.