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NEW DELHI: With the authorities of Assam acceptable to spell to assembly polls adjacent year, governmental sparring betwixt the BJP and Congress has intensified, with some sides staking assertion to a wide triumph successful the 2026 showdown.
'If lone Assamese radical vote...': Gogoi targets BJP
Speaking to reporters successful Dhubri, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said the BJP is connected its mode to decision successful the adjacent authorities elections. Gaurav alleged that the ruling enactment carried retired the 2023 delimitation workout successful a mode that "only benefited the BJP" and is present introducing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) arsenic it fears losing seats."BJP is heading for decision successful 2026 (Assam Assembly election) if lone Assamese radical vote; we impulse radical to enactment alert truthful nary voters from UP and Bihar tin vote," Gogoi said.
The 2023 delimitation raised Scheduled Caste seats from 8 to 9 and Scheduled Tribe seats from 16 to 19, portion keeping the full assembly seats unchanged astatine 126. As per reports analysts accidental the fig of Muslim-dominated seats has reduced from 30 to 22 nether the redrawn map, which volition beryllium utilized successful the 2026 elections.
Gogoi should 'go to Pakistan' to contest: Himanta
Addressing a rally successful Nalbari, Assam main ministerHimanta Biswa Sarma escalated his onslaught connected Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, saying the Congress person would "hundred per cent lose" the upcoming authorities polls.
"He (Gogoi) volition 100 per cent suffer the polls successful Assam, and past helium tin contention the elections successful Pakistan," Sarma said, responding to Gogoi's earlier comments connected the governmental clime successful the authorities further adding that, "Assam is Assam and we volition marque a cleanable expanse successful the assembly elections.”Sarma besides accused the Congress of "doing politics" implicit the decease of vocalist Zubeen Garg to "protect the Miyas who person encroached acres of onshore crossed the state.”The main curate has repeatedly targeted Gogoi successful caller months, alleging links with Pakistan’s ISI and forming an SIT to probe the matter, though its findings person not yet been made public.Sarma further claimed that "the Congress is chiefly acrophobic astir 'Miyas', and the radical of Assam volition not ballot for those who enactment them.”He besides announced that the authorities volition present the anti-polygamy measure successful the upcoming assembly session.
"We volition contiguous the anti-polygamy measure successful the assembly successful November," Sarma stated.
EC orders Special Revision of Assam’s electoral rolls
The Election Commission connected Monday ordered a Special Revision of the electoral rolls successful Assam up of the 2026 elections. Earlier connected Tuesday, Sarma, reiterating the request for updated rolls, said that the workout would assistance place and region ineligible voters.He noted that the state's National Register of Citizens (NRC) has not been notified "due to assorted bequest issues," and that the Special Intensive Revision has truthful been deferred.However, with the Election Commission present ordering a Special Revision, Sarma said the process "will assistance america weed retired the amerciable (voters) from our electoral process.”.According to EC guidelines issued to the state’s main electoral officer, January 1, 2026, has been acceptable arsenic the qualifying day for the Special Revision. Officials said the thrust is positioned betwixt the accustomed yearly summary revision and a afloat Special Intensive Revision (SIR).Last month, the Election Commission had ordered SIR successful 12 states and Union Territories, including 4 acceptable to ballot adjacent year.
