Assam Congress Launches Post-Defeat Review as Nagaon Bypoll Looms

Overview

• The APCC held a state leadership meeting at Rajiv Bhawan on Sunday to turn district-level feedback into a concrete rebuild plan and bypoll strategy for Nagaon.
• Gaurav Gogoi led the review and publicly attacked the BJP-led state government for failing to control fuel and food prices, making inflation a central campaign theme.
• The Congress has sent observers to all 126 Assembly constituencies to compile detailed reports that are being shared with central party leaders as part of the recovery drive.
• The Nagaon vacancy followed MP Pradyut Bordoloi’s defection to the BJP and the Election Commission has not yet announced the by-election schedule.
• Senior leaders at the meeting, including Debabrata Saikia and Rakibul Hussain, signalled a preference for local candidates with Saikia ruling himself out of the Nagaon contest.