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GUWAHATI: Rubbishing reports of joining Congress, Tezpur Lok Sabha MP Ram Prasad Sarmah , who quit BJP on Saturday, said his association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is still intact. Central BJP leaders have always helped me and I am obliged to them," said Sarmah.Asked what will be his role in the Lok Sabha polls, he added that he will stay out of campaigning and other poll-related activities. At the same time, I will be with the people of Tezpur and work for them without associating with any political party. "I am always grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Rajnath Singh, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and many other central leaders for their support when I was with BJP. Sarmah, who is the lone MP from the state's Gorkha community, had said it was he who wanted Sarbananda Sonowal to join BJP and also be the chief ministerial candidate..