In a major organisational tweak , two time BJP LOk Sabha MP From Assam, Dilip Saikia has assumed charge as the new BJP state unit chief of Assam. Lok Sabha member from Darrang Udalguri, Dilip Saikia, was named the new president of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s Assam unit on Thursday. Dilip Saikia, 51, was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019. Saikia replaces Bhabesh Kalita as the state unit chief. Saikia has been with the BJP for decades and first joined the party’s ideological fount, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), when he was still a student.