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GUWAHATI
Assam Congress president and MP Gaurav Gogoi connected Sunday (January 11, 2026) said Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s credibility had eroded among the radical of the State due to the fact that of what helium described arsenic repeated mendacious and misleading statements.
Mr. Gogoi besides accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of executing a program to manipulate the electoral rolls and disenfranchise sections of voters perceived to beryllium loyal to governmental parties opposed to the BJP and its allies.
“The Chief Minister’s words person zero credibility. Key individuals progressive successful the decease of Zubeen Garg person been deliberately excluded from the chargesheet due to the fact that of their proximity to the Chief Minister and his family,” Mr. Gogoi said astatine a programme to induct leaders from different parties, including the BJP and its determination ally, the Asom Gana Parishad.
He said the Assam authorities had filed a “weak and compromised” chargesheet successful December and failed to present justness to the household of the Assamese taste icon, who died portion swimming disconnected an land successful Singapore connected September 19. The chargesheet was filed against 7 radical who accompanied Garg to Singapore.
Mr. Gogoi further accused the BJP-led authorities of resorting to divide-and-rule politics. “Assam cannot proceed to beryllium divided by hatred and violence. When radical basal united, nary Chief Minister tin regularisation done fear,” helium said.
Referring to allegations that the authorities was attempting to delete the names of 10,000 “anti-BJP” voters from electoral rolls crossed astir of Assam’s 126 Assembly constituencies, helium said the Congress and its allies would guarantee that nary outsider was included successful the elector lists.
“Every polling booth volition person a assistance table to support citizens’ voting rights. Any religiously motivated evictions oregon elector database manipulations are governmental strategies, and we volition combat them,” Mr. Gogoi said.
He added that the alleged targeting of radical who voted against the BJP successful erstwhile elections reflected the ruling party’s fearfulness of losing powerfulness if electoral rolls were not manipulated.
