Overview
- APCC president Gaurav Gogoi announced a temporary pause in alliance talks, saying repeated efforts failed to produce a workable, winnability-based seat arrangement and that the matter may be reconsidered later.
- Raijor Dal rejected the notion of a pause and urged immediate negotiations to finalise an opposition pact ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.
- Raijor Dal leaders accused Congress of undercutting talks by announcing candidates in Barchala, Dimow, Dispur and Margherita and by projecting Jayanta Khaund in Ranganadi after his entry from AGP, allegations not confirmed by Congress in these reports.
- Raijor Dal said it scaled back its seat demands from 27 to 20 to 15 and claimed Congress offered a limited slate of four direct contests, four friendly fights and seven outside its list.
- Both parties left the door open to future talks, but the current standoff raises the prospect of a split opposition field under Assam’s first-past-the-post system.