Over 9,500 new members, including some from BJP, join Congress in Assam ahead of 2026 assembly polls
Guwahati: In a significant political development ahead of next year’s Assam Assembly elections, over 9,500 members, including several from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have reportedly joined the Congress across the state.
The joining programmes were organised simultaneously across all 35 districts of Assam. They were held from Dhubri, Goalpara, Bongaigaon and Kamrup in western Assam, to Morigaon and Nagaon in central Assam, and further east in Jorhat, Sivasagar, Charaideo and Dibrugarh. Similar programmes were conducted in the northern districts of Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Sonitpur, Deccan Herald reported on Tuesday.
In Dhubri, the joining event was attended by Lok Sabha MP and former minister Rakibul Hussain. Addressing a similar function in Philobari, Tinsukia district, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gaurav Gogoi launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led state government, alleging that the people of Assam were being “crushed under coal syndicates, sand syndicates, supari (betel nut) syndicates and illegal tax.” Gogoi also criticised the government for neglecting the state’s tea industry, a key sector in Assam’s economy.
In Guwahati, more than 100 individuals, including lawyers from the Gauhati High Court, senior citizens, and members who had held key posts in the saffron party, formally joined the Congress under the initiative of the Guwahati District Congress Committee.
Gogoi claimed that growing discontent with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s “autocratic style of governance” had led to an increasing number of people joining the Congress. "Keeping this mind, we organised joining programmes on September 10, October 10 and November 10. We will organise similar joining programme on December 10 also," he said.
Reacting to the development, Chief Minister Sarma dismissed Gogoi’s remarks, calling them “childish” and accusing the Congress leader of lacking political maturity.
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PM Modi pays tributes to those killed in Jallianwala Bagh massacre
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New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid homage to those killed in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919, and said their sacrifice stands as a powerful reminder of the indomitable spirit of the people of India.
Modi also said the saga of those killed in the massacre, their indomitable courage and self-respect against the barbarity of foreign rule will continue to inspire every generation of the nation.
"On this day, we pay our heartfelt homage to the brave martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh. Their sacrifice stands as a powerful reminder of the indomitable spirit of our people. The courage and determination they displayed continue to inspire generations to uphold the values of liberty, justice and dignity," Modi said in a post on X.
Hundreds of people protesting peacefully against the Rowlatt Act, which granted the
colonial administration repressive powers, were gunned down by British forces without any provocation on this day in 1919 at a garden in Amritsar.
While the official figure put the number of dead at 379, freedom movement leaders had claimed that several hundreds more died in the firing.
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