Congress starts 2026 Assam polls preparation early

New Delhi: The Congress' central leadership on Thursday held discussions with the senior party leaders of Assam on the preparations for the assembly elections in the state next year. The meeting is learnt to have underlined the need for the state Congress leaders to work with utmost unity and focus to take on the ruling BJP government and to start election mobilisation on the ground from next month.

While Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, LoP Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretary (Org) KC Venugopal and AICC in-charge of state Jitendra Singh represented the central leadership, the state party leaders who were present included among others PCC president Bhupen Kumar Borah, leader of Opposition in Assam assembly Debabrata Saikia and Congress deputy leader in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi.

Assam is scheduled to go to polls in May next year. While the BJP is aiming for a hattrick of victories since 2016, the Congress is trying to tap on the incumbency factor of the state government led by Himanta Biswa Sarma. After the party's recent defeats in Haryana, Maharashtra and Delhi, the Assam (and Kerala) elections present next tests for AICC and state leaders.


Commenting on the Assam polls, Kharge claimed: "In a year, the people of Assam shall discard the politics of corruption, division and vendetta. 3.5 crore people of Assam look towards the Congress to usher in this change". PCC president Borah said, "The leaders of Assam Congress have promised the central leadership that we will work together to throw out the BJP government from the state in the upcoming election. We will start mass mobilisation from March and we will expose before the people the corrupt deeds of BJP CM Himanta Biswa Sarma."