Assam Polls: Congress forms seven teams to monitor strong rooms ahead of May 4 vote count

Guwahati: To oversee during the vote counting process, the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has initiated special measures well in advance. The counting of votes will take place on May 4.

Assam went to Mehedi Alam Bora, Buddhadev Phandanggari, Chohen Brahma, Bhabanath Nath, Stephen LakraGeneral Secretary and Assam in-charge Jitendra Singh and APCC President Gaurav Gogoi, seven special teams have been constituted to visit various districts across the state.

These teams have been instructed to inspect the respective ‘strong rooms’, meet party candidates, and hold discussions with district administrations. The visits will commence from April 25.


In Upper Assam, the team comprising Debabrata Saikia, Raju Sahu, Utpal Gogoi, Rajkumar Nilanetra Neog, David Phukan, and Mrityunjay Duwarah will visit Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Charaideo, Jorhat, and Golaghat districts.

For the North Bank districts, responsibilities have been assigned to Ripun Bora, Ghana Burhagohain, J.P. Das, Shailen Sonowal, Kartik Kurmi, Shankar Kutum, Meghanath Chettri, and Bipul Bora.

In Central Assam and hill regions, the team includes Shivamani Bora, Diganta Barman, Satyabrata Kalita, Mira Borthakur Goswami, Swapan Kar, Mrinal Hazarika, Akram Hussain, Nirmal Langthasa, Ratan Engti, Augustine Enghi, Ashok Teron, Pallav Chetia, and Charlanki Engti. They will cover Hojai, Nagaon, Morigaon, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Nalbari, along with Karbi Anglong, West Karbi Anglong, and Dima Hasao districts.

For Lower Assam, Rokibul Hussain, Pradip Sarkar, A.K. Rashid Alam, Deep Bayan, Gajendra Upamanyu, Arun Tiwari, and Mustafa Khaddam Hussain have been nominated. They will visit Barpeta, Bongaigaon, South Salmara-Mankachar, Dhubri, Goalpara, and Bajali districts.

In the Barak Valley, Ajit Singh, Abhijit Paul, Aminul Islam, Biswajit Ghosh, Badrul Borbhuyan, Papon Dev, Pradip Gowala, and Hussain Ahmed Choudhury will carry out the responsibilities.

For the BTAD region, responsibilities have been assigned to Mehedi Alam Bora, Buddhadev Phandanggari, Chohen Brahma, Bhabanath Nath, Stephen Lakra, Umesh Deka, Dipak Kalita, and Satya Nath Kalita.