Bilasipara: Raijor Dal president and Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi launched a blistering political offensive against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the BJP and AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal while addressing a massive public meeting at Lakhiganj in Bilasipara, signalling an aggressive pitch ahead of the 2026 Assam Assembly elections. Reacting sharply to the Chief Minister’s recent remark claiming that 80 per cent of Dhubri’s population is of Bangladeshi origin, Gogoi termed the statement “communal and detached from reality.” He alleged that fear is deliberately being planted in the minds of people in Upper Assam by portraying Dhubri as unsafe. “I have held meetings in madrasas at 2 am and in mosques at 1 am in Dhubri. People of all communities live there in harmony. Dhubri is as sacred to its people as Sivasagar is to me,” he said, adding that only those driven by communal hatred view society through a Hindu–Muslim prism.
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Taking a direct swipe at Himanta Biswa Sarma, Gogoi claimed that Upper Assam has resolved not to allow the Chief Minister to win even a single seat. “Upper and Lower Assam are the same for me. I have taken an oath—Himanta will be uprooted from Assam in 2026,” he declared. Addressing the controversy surrounding Rezaul Karim’s remarks, Gogoi said there was no malicious intent and blamed the Congress for failing to defend the statement, allowing the BJP to politicise the issue. Defending his much-criticised act during an eviction drive in Bilasipara, where he kissed an elderly minority woman on the forehead, Gogoi said it was a “national duty.” “No other leader stood with the displaced families. Embracing a mother in distress is not a crime,” he said, responding to the BJP’s ‘Chuma Baba’ jibe.
Hitting back at AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal for calling him “mad,” Gogoi said Ajmal’s words were a “blessing,” predicting a complete wipe-out of AIUDF in the next Assembly polls. On alliances, Gogoi asserted that the Congress–Raijor Dal alliance is final, citing Rahul Gandhi’s resolve to defeat the BJP at any cost. He also criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s frequent visits to Assam, calling him the “worst guest” of the state. The meeting also saw Gogoi campaign for Raijor Dal’s probable candidate Nilakshi Kakati from the 10 No. Bilasipara constituency, with the massive turnout reflecting rising political mobilisation in Lower Assam.
