Overview
- Top AICC leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi met the Assam Congress team led by Gaurav Gogoi in New Delhi to assess preparations and organisational reach for the 2026 polls.
- Gogoi said the leadership expressed satisfaction with the team’s work and committed greater involvement to advance the party’s goal of a BJP-free Assam.
- Rahul Gandhi asked about the progress of the probe into cultural icon Zubeen Garg’s death, according to Gogoi’s account after the meeting.
- Political contention over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls persisted as the Opposition pressed for a parliamentary discussion on the process tailored to Assam’s NRC-linked context.
- Gogoi alleged lapses in the revision and claimed BJP workers from outside Assam were added to voter lists, while he declined to disclose details on talks about the Asom Sonmilito Morcha.