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GUWAHATI
Fast justness for Zubeen Garg, the precocious taste icon, was among 5 guarantees the Congress rolled retired for poll-bound Assam connected Sunday (March 29, 2026).
Addressing an predetermination rally astatine Nowboicha successful northeastern Assam’s Lakhimpur district, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge promised justness for Garg wrong 100 days if voted to power.
“We volition find retired who murdered him and contiguous the findings wrong the specified time,” helium said, insisting that the Congress guarantees were unconditional, dissimilar those of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The probe into the 52-year-old Garg’s decease portion swimming disconnected an land successful Singapore connected September 19, 2025, has been an predetermination issue. Seven persons, including his manager Siddharth Sharma and lawsuit organiser Shaymkanu Mahanta, person been successful judicial custody successful transportation with the singer-composer’s death.
While Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed Garg was murdered arsenic portion of a conspiracy, a Singapore coroner’s tribunal ruled that helium had drowned accidentally.
Announcing the different guarantees, Mr. Kharge said Congress would supply ₹50,000 to women to commencement oregon turn businesses, isolated from monthly currency transfers, and ₹1,250 arsenic a pension to elder citizens. The different guarantees are ₹25 lakh cashless wellness screen for each household and onshore rights for 10 lakh indigenous people.
He said that the enactment implemented the cashless wellness screen successful Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Telangana.
Mr. Kharge attacked the Chief Minister, saying helium “fled” to the BJP to prevention his skin.
“He [Mr. Sarma] was successful the Tarun Gogoi Ministry for galore years, and fled 1 time by stabbing Congress successful its back. Did helium permission for your payment oregon to support bid successful Assam? He fled to prevention himself,” helium said.
“Later, helium betrayed Sarbananda Sonowal [to go the Chief Minister],” Mr. Kharge said.
He asked his listeners if they would ballot for a “betrayer who stole land” oregon the Assam Congress president, Gaurav Gogoi, a “serious, young leader” with a “clean representation and bully character”. EOM
