Agencies
GUWAHATI, OCTOBER 21
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]espite being routed in Harayan and Maharastra, Congress feels this defeat will not have any impact in Assam. The state has a series of elections lined up with polls to civic bodies and assembly polls of 2016.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi tried to belittle the Saffron party’s achievement in Maharastra and Harayana polls and tweeted, “In spite of hectic election campaigning by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders, the BJP just managed to cross the half-way mark in Haryana. In Maharashtra, the BJP did not get a simple majority. Is it a wave? Or is the wave on the wane?”
Gogoi is expected to meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi to seek her approval for the cabinet rejig. Gogoi will leave for New Delhi on October 23.
The Pradesh congress committee, however, was quick to admit that the people verdict is for change and the party accepts the verdict of the people.Chief spokesperson of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee, Mehdi Alam Bora stated “People have voted for change after 15 years of our government in Maharashtra and 10 years in Haryana. We congratulate the BJP on their success.”
He added that Congress will work hard on the ground to once again earn the confidence of the people.
Gogoi baiters are yet again grouping following the results of the two states. They say that Congress leadership reluctance to change the leader resulted in the poor performance of the grand old party in the assembly polls.
A senior Congress leader in Assam said, “We will have to bring drastic changes and do massive developmental work or we will become irrelevant in 2016 like it happened in other states.”
The saffron party is consolidating on the inroads made in Assam during the Lok Sabha polls. “In parliamentary polls, BJP was on the lead in at least 69 assembly segments while opposition party All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) took the lead in about 24 assembly segments. In 126 members assembly, 69 is enough to form a government.”
