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Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi said connected Sunday (December 28, 2025) that the enactment volition contention 100 seats successful the 126-member State Assembly elections adjacent year, leaving the remaining constituencies to its confederation partners.
He besides asserted that the Congress volition not forge immoderate knowing with AIUDF, terming it a "communal" party.
Addressing a gathering connected the 141st instauration time of the party, Mr. Gogoi said that successful bid to decision the “anti-people BJP”, the Congress volition contention the 2026 Assam Assembly elections by forming alliances with like-minded parties.
He said that “under nary circumstances, a communal enactment similar the AIUDF volition beryllium included successful this alliance”.
"The Congress volition "contest 100 constituencies, retired of the 126 seats successful the state, portion the remaining assembly segments volition beryllium near for confederation partners done communal discussions," helium said.
“Under the enactment of the Congress, the dignity that has been taken distant from the radical of Assam volition beryllium restored. The Congress believes successful bid and unity, portion the BJP thrives connected unrest and division. The Congress has religion successful the Constitution, whereas the BJP seeks to destruct ideology and found a signifier of authoritarian rule,” Mr. Gogoi claimed.
The Congress’ lawman person of absorption successful Lok Sabha alleged that the BJP is systematically snatching distant the rights of the people.
Mr. Gogoi claimed that the mediocre benefited during the tenure of erstwhile Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, and assured that if the Congress returns to power, the radical would witnesser “real and meaningful change”.
He asserted that a abstracted instrumentality volition beryllium enacted to instrumentality strict enactment against those spreading spiritual hatred if the Congress comes to power.
“Whether it is simply a church, ‘namghar’ (Vaishnavite spot of worship), temple oregon mosque, anyone who attempts to desecrate a spot of worship volition look strict punitive action. In Assam of Sankardeva-Madhavdeva and Ajan Pir, divisive forces volition ne'er beryllium tolerated," the Congress MP said.
As portion of the Congress' instauration time celebrations, Mr. Gogoi hoisted the enactment emblem and paid floral tributes to the portraits of Mahatma Gandhi and Assam’s taste icon Zubeen Garg.
A procession was besides taken retired successful Tezpur connected the occasion, with apical authorities enactment leaders, including erstwhile presidents Bhupen Borah and Ripun Bora, participating successful it.
