Congress chose Gaurav Gogoi as Assam ahead of 2026 elections, India sends a strong message to BJP’s Himant Sarma

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday prepared a platform for the Gaurav Gogoi vs Himant Biswa Sarma competition in the next year’s Assam assembly elections. On Monday, Gogoi was raised as the President of the Assam Congress despite the BJP’s all-out offenses against the Congress leader on his British wife’s alleged relationship with Pakistan’s spy agency ISI.Gogoi, son of former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, has been engaged in a bitter, and often personal, war with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for the past several months.With the move, the Congress has sent a clear message to the BJP that it will not go backfoot on unreliable attacks against Gogoi of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Gogoi vs Himant Today, a few hours before this announcement of the Congress, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had fired a fresh salvo against Gogoi and claimed that a senior leader of the grand-Purani party had “shocking confession” that Gogoi’s British wife “was on the parole of the Government of Pakistan”.Assam CM Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Ripun Bora was referring to that Gogoi’s British wife Elizabeth Kalbourne works in an international NGO, which has a network in Pakistan, as well as with other countries.Bora said at a press conference, “She may have visited Pakistan or would have got salary for her work, what is the problem in the same way? Similarly, many Pakistani people are legally working in India.”The Congress leader also cited examples of S Jaishankar and Ajit Doval to stop their point.“Our Foreign Minister’s Jayashankar’s wife is a Japanese citizen and his other child is a British citizen. Does this mean that we should doubt Jaishankar’s patriotism?” Asked Bora.The Congress leader also took an example of the younger son and brother of National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, who has relations with Pakistan in professional career.Himant Sarma had alleged last week that Gaurav Gogoi visited Pakistan at the invitation of ISI. “Whether he has gone to Pakistan, what is the citizenship of his children, whether his wife has taken salary from Pakistan or not, why he is waiting to sit, he can tell journalists. Wait till 10 September, “Assam CM said.‘Wait for knockout punch’Gogoi does not have to give a direct answer to these allegations or no clarification. However, the Congress leader has questioned Himant Sarma’s mental health and has also blamed the Chief Minister’s aggressive for “problems on the family front”. When asked for their reactions, Gogoi said that people should be patient as a boxing match “knockout punch at the end”.In a series of posts on X, Gogoi said that Sarma’s recent comment was “crazy and nonsense” and he was behaving like a “IT cell troll” without talking to facts.The deputy leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha said, “For some reason he is best known, I have been on his radar since my entry into Assam (politics). He has made many baseless remarks about me in the last 13 years. The most recent limits are a limit on madness and absurd.”Gogoi also claimed that Sarma’s “disability” is his “weakness” to return the “Pakistan link” allegations against the opposition leader.Answering a question about Sarma’s recent comments that every evidence will be presented to the public by September 10, the Congress leader questioned, “Is this a film where the release date is pre-determined? Are we watching Singham 1 or Singham 2?”The rivalry between the two leaders began when Himant Sarma was in the Congress and was a favorite from Congress veteran Tarun Gogoi to handle the party reins, who was then the Chief Minister of Assam. However, Gaurav Gogoi then entered active politics under his father and started gaining prominence in the party. Due to this, he got out of Sarma, who joined the BJP.Congress vs BJP The BJP came to power in Assam in 2016 and won 60 of the 126 assembly seats. While the BJP won 55 seats compared to 2011, the Congress lost 52 seats. In 2021, the BJP maintained a score of 60, while the Congress made a marginal improvement in 3 seats and increased its tally to 29.

Assam 2021 assembly election results

As both sides for the 2026 fight, the bets are more for both sides. The Congress, which has lost two consecutive assembly elections in the state, will be desperate for a win this time. Gaurav Gogoi will be expected to ride the anti-opposition against the BJP and will help the Congress return to the state after a 10-year gap.Himant, who left the Congress in 2015, played an important role in helping the BJP win the northeastern region. However, it was only in 2021 that he was made the Chief Minister by the BJP. The 2026 elections will test his popularity as it will be fought on his five -year rule. He will be eager to lead the party for the third consecutive win in the state.