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Goswami joins BJP

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Former minister Hitendra Nath Goswami joined BJP on Monday a week after he left AGP.

 Goswami is not the first AGP leader to have joined the saffron party. Former AGP president Chandra Mohan Patowary and Jagadish Bhuyan are also likely to join the party.

Patowary is believed to have been camping in New Delhi for instant touch with central BJP leaders.

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