Congress appoints Prithviraj Chavan as chairman of screening panel for Assam polls

The Congress on Monday set up a screening committee for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections and appointed former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan as its chairman. Chavan is a part of the ‘Group of 23’ Congress leaders who had written to party chief Sonia Gandhi demanding an organisational overhaul and internal elections for every post. […]

Priyanka Gandhi begins two-day visit to poll-bound Assam, offers prayers at Kamakhya temple

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is on a 2-day visit to poll-bound Assam, arrived in Guwahati on Monday morning. The AICC general secretary, accompanied by the party’s Assam in-charge Jitendra Singh, was received at the Lokpriyo Gopinath Bordoloi Airport by state unit chief Ripun Bora and other party leaders. After her arrival at the […]

Former BJP ally BPF joins Congress-led alliance before polls in Assam

Ahead of the Assam Assembly elections, the Bodoland Peoples’ Front or BPF on Saturday announced that it was quitting the NDA alliance headed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joining the Congress-led coalition. “To work for Peace, Unity, and Development and to bring a stable government, free from corruption in Assam, the Bodoland Peoples’ Front […]

Congress calls for 12-hour bandh in Tripura

The Congress in Tripura has called for a 12-hour long statewide bandh on Monday. The shutdown has been called as a mark of protest against the attack on state party chief Pijush Kanti Biswas. The attack allegedly took place in front of police at Bisalghar in Sepahijala District on Sunday. A group of miscreants attacked […]

Cong MLA Debabrata Saikia loses leader of opposition status in Assam Assembly

Debabrata Saikia, the Congress legislator from the Nazira constituency has lost the leader of the opposition status in the Assam Legislative Assembly. Assam Assembly speaker Hitendranath Goswami has withdrawn the recognition of Saikia. “The present strength of the Indian National Congress Legislature Party, Assam Legislative Assembly is not equal to the quorum fixed to constitute […]

Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma slams Ripun Bora after former Cong MLAs formally join BJP

As war of words escalates ahead of the Assembly polls in Assam, top BJP and NEDA Convenor Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on State Congress president Ripun Bora after senior Congress leader and three-time Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Ajanta Neog formally joined the BJP. Days after Ripun Bora accused the […]

Former Cong leaders Ajanta Neog, Rajdeep Goala to join BJP tomorrow

Former Assam minister and Golaghat MLA Ajanta Neog and former Assam Congress legislator Rajdeep Goala are set to join the BJP on December 29, 2021. Both the leaders will join BJP tomorrow at the state BJP headquarters in Hengrabari. According to a statement released by the state BJP office, it is mentioned that Ajanta Neog […]

Congress unsure of alliance with AIUDF: Sushmita Dev

It seems that the much talked about Congress-AIUDF alliance in Assam is still facing uncertainty. Even after jointly campaigning in the recent BTR council elections, the Congress is still unsure about continuing with the alliance. Former Silchar MP and President of the All India Mahila Congress, Sushmita Dev has said that the Congress party will […]

Congress leader Motilal Vora passes away aged 93

Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Motilal Vora passed away at a hospital in New Delhi on Monday at the age of 93. “Vora was hospitalised with urine infection two days ago but it was not the cause of his death,” Congress sources said. Fortis Escort Hospital where he was admitted is yet […]