After a victory in the Bengal Assembly polls, Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamul Congress(TMC) is working hard to create a strong base in Assam and Tripura.

TMC has set its eyes on Tripura Assembly elections slated in 2023 and recently offered anti-CAA leader and MLA in Assam Akhil Gogoi to join TMC and lead the party for the 2024 polls in the BJP-ruled state.

Speaking to reporters in Guwahati on Wednesday, Gogoi said, “After I came out of the jail, Mamata Banerjee invited me to meet her. I visited Calcutta twice recently and met her too. Trinamul wants me to join their party and lead the party as state president in Assam. We have not yet told her anything but my party Raijor Dal is trying hard to unit the opposition parties against BJP.”

Gogoi is opposed to both BJP and RSS, saying both are trying to divide people on religious lines to win elections. He has been vocal against the BJP-led government in Assam and its policies including the CAA.

Gogoi, who was arrested during the anti-CAA agitation in December 2019, came out of jail on July 1 this year, after a special National Investigate Agency court's order.

The Assam police had charged him for sedition, while the NIA had charged him of having links with Maoists but the court cleared him of all charges.