Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma made bold statements on Monday, forecasting a bleak future for the Congress party in the state and asserting that its leader Rahul Gandhi’s prospects are dim.
The chief minister claimed that by 2026, the grand old party would cease to exist in Assam.
“Voting for the Congress party means voting for Rahul Gandhi; voting for BJP means voting for Narendra Modi. Those who love Narendra Modi and believe that India will become Viswaguru will vote for the BJP in this election. Those who believe in the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, also know that their future is dark. Even Rahul Gandhi’s future is also dark and his followers’ future is darker,” ANI quoted CM Sarma who addressed reporters at Biswanath on Monday.
Sarma highlighted recent defections from the Congress to the BJP and AGP, suggesting a significant erosion of the Congress’s influence in Assam. He confidently predicted the party’s demise by 2026, speculating that it would only survive in isolated pockets.
“In the last one and a half months, you have seen a big erosion of Congress as many Congress leaders, workers joined the BJP and AGP. I believe that there will be no Congress party in Assam by 2026. I don’t want to comment on Bharat Narah, because I am not in touch with him. But I believe that there will be no more of the Congress party in Assam by 2026, they will survive only in some small pockets,” the report quoted Sarma.
Furthermore, Sarma hinted at more defections to the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, claiming that Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Bhupen Kumar Borah would join the BJP in early 2025.
He asserted that seats had been prepared for Borah and predicted the defection of Trinamool Congress members as well.
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“I have made ready two seats for him (Bhupen Kumar Borah). All Trinamool members of Congress will join us. If I dial the candidate (Congress) for Sonitpur, he will join BJP. But I don’t want this. As of now, the Assam Congress is in our hands. It is just like a fixed deposit, when needed, we will bring them. When it is needed for Modiji we will take them. Except 1-2 blue-blooded dynasties, all red-blooded dynasty are ours,” Sarma was further quoted.
Later on Monday, Sarma also met with Ranjit Dutta, the BJP candidate for the Sonitpur parliamentary constituency.
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