Overview
- The Assam Congress served a show-cause notice to joint secretary Panjak Saikia over alleged inappropriate media remarks about former state party chief Bhupen Kumar Borah.
- Assam unit general secretary (organisation) Bipul Gogoi issued the notice and directed Saikia to explain within 24 hours or face disciplinary action.
- The notice stated that comments attributed to Saikia concerned matters related to Bhupen Kumar Borah and constituted a violation of party discipline.
- Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi had earlier accused Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's family of illegally acquiring nearly 12,000 bighas of land, allegations Sarma rejected as false, malicious and defamatory.
- Sarma announced plans to file civil and criminal defamation cases on February 9, with reports indicating the action is expected to name senior Congress figures including Debabrata Saikia, Jitendra Singh Alwar, Bhupesh Baghel and Gaurav Gogoi.