Individuals Of Assam The Face Of Congress: Gaurav Gogoi In Run-Up To State Polls

New Delhi:

The Congress is prone to go and not using a Chief Ministerial face in subsequent yr’s meeting election in Assam and the social gathering held a gathering at present to debate the state of affairs there. The social gathering’s senior chief from the state Gaurav Gogoi — who can be Chief of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s Deputy within the Lok Sabha — advised NDTV at present that the “individuals of Assam” would be the social gathering’s face within the coming election. 

“The individuals of Assam need a change. The individuals of Assam are the face. The individuals of Assam are with the Congress as a result of they need peace and normalcy to return,” he mentioned, dubbing the northeastern BJP-ruled state a “jungle raj”. 

Requested about factionalism within the social gathering — cited by many as one of many key causes for the 10-year rule of the BJP within the state — Mr Gogoi mentioned it was only a “notion”. 

“We’re united as a result of we wish a change,” mentioned the chief, whose father, Tarun Gogoi, was one of the crucial fashionable Chief Ministers of the state. He was additionally the longest serving Chief Minister, having headed three consecutive governments from 2001 to 2016.

High Congress leaders from Assam met right here on Thursday to debate the social gathering’s technique forward of subsequent yr’s state polls with social gathering chief Mallikarjun Kharge and senior chief Rahul Gandhi.

In regards to the assembly, Mr Gogoi mentioned, “One after the other all states are going to elections subsequent yr. The state leaders have been known as to Delhi and we’ve been requested to provide an in depth evaluation of what has been affecting the individuals of Assam. Mr Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, KC Venugopal and others gave us a affected person listening and advised us that we’ve to win our subsequent election as a result of we’ve to protect democracy”. 

Asserting the assembly in a put up on X, Mr Kharge wrote, “In a yr, the individuals of Assam shall discard the politics of corruption, division and vendetta. 3.5 crore individuals of Assam look in the direction of the Congress to usher on this change. No quantity of select-media pushed propaganda can shake their resolve for transformation”.

Battlelines have already been drawn in Assam with the Congress levelling corruption allegations towards the BJP-led authorities. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has accused Mr Gogoi’s spouse of getting hyperlinks with Pakistan and the ISI – allegations the Congress has dismissed as a fallout of Mr Gogoi’s outspoken remarks towards him.