Overview
- Concluding a two-day visit to Assam, Priyanka Gandhi condemned Himanta Biswa Sarma’s public naming of Gaurav Gogoi’s wife and children over alleged Pakistan links, calling it wrong politics.
- She urged a shift to jobs and development issues and alleged that state assets were being diverted to big industrialists and a single family, framing it as a betrayal of voters.
- As chair of Congress’ screening committee for Assam, she held late-night consultations with party leaders and grassroots workers and began gathering feedback on prospective candidates.
- The Congress said the screening panel will meet early next week to discuss and finalize candidates as alliance talks and seat-sharing continue ahead of the April Assembly elections.
- The BJP countered through state president Dilip Saikia, who said the allegations against Gogoi concern national security and accused Priyanka Gandhi of misleading people to shield him.