Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi on Sunday said that an alliance of regional parties under the leadership of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in the making to oust the BJP from power at the Centre in 2024.

The Independent MLA from Assam also claimed that Mamata has extended an invitation to him to merge Raijor Dal with the Trinamul Congress (TMC).

"We aim to form a confederation of regional forces and project Mamata Banerjee as its leader to remove the Narendra Modi government from power in 2024," he told reporters.

Gogoi claimed that Mamata has assured him of the TMC Assam unit president's post if Raijor Dal is merged with the ruling party in West Bengal.

A decision in this regard is likely to be taken in our party's executive body meeting during the day, he said.

Gogoi said that three rounds of talks between the TMC and Raijor Dal over the issue have already taken place.

Earlier this week, Gogoi had 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.