Student from Gauhati University can debate better than Himanta Biswa Sarma: Gaurav Gogoi

Assam Congress president and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi launched a blistering attack on Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during a massive Congress joining programme held at Bijuliban under the Digboi Assembly Constituency in Tinsukia district. 

The event, organised at the playground of the Bijuliban Kankan Yuvak Sangha, witnessed the formal joining of 1,269 people from different political parties and organisations, including former BJP Tinsukia District Committee president Lokeswar Moran and around 100 current and former members of the Assam Tea Tribe Students’ Association (ATTSA).

The programme, attended by senior Congress leaders including former Doomdooma MLA Durga Bhumij, marked the third major joining event in as many months — following similar gatherings on September 10 and October 10. Gogoi said the Congress had vowed to welcome new members on the 10th of every month, and that the party was staying true to its word.

“We are keeping our words. The date was set for the 10th of every month, and it’s happening. We are keeping our value. But with what work is the Assam Chief Minister keeping his value? Most of the BJP supporters are leaving the party and joining Congress,” Gogoi declared amid cheers from the crowd.

Responding to Himanta Biswa Sarma’s earlier claim that he was too young to be in politics, Gogoi retorted sharply, saying, “In today’s time, nobody listens to the Assam CM. In his own party, no one listens to him. The BJP is only worried about how to remove him. No one goes to him anymore.”

Taking a swipe at the Chief Minister’s influence over sports bodies, Gogoi said, “The BCCI Secretary is his close aide, the ACA President is also his close aide — yet BJP leaders do not even know when Uma Chetry will return to Assam after winning the Women’s World Cup. Both are his right and left hand, yet they failed to get the information.”

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On the Chief Minister’s earlier statement that singer Zubeen Garg’s death was a murder, Gogoi alleged that even BJP leaders did not believe him. “No one in BJP itself trusts him. The SIT against me for my alleged links with Pakistan made even BJP leaders in Delhi laugh. They ask — why does our Assam CM speak all this without any evidence?” Gogoi claimed.

Continuing his tirade, the Congress leader said, “A student from Gauhati University can debate better than Himanta Biswa Sarma today. He slips his tongue every now and then and doesn’t even realise what he is saying. There is no value left in the words of Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. He is alone now, and BJP is figuring out how to remove him before the government collapses. To hide his failures, the CM has again started eviction drives.”

Criticising the state’s economic condition, Gogoi said, “People do not have income, and to buy ration even at subsidised rates, they need money. When contractors of JJM are not being paid and have started protesting, when teachers are being removed from contractual jobs, and tea workers are not getting eligible bonuses — where is the money going?”

He further accused the Chief Minister of double standards while dealing with major corporations. “The Assam CM speaks about TATA semiconductors but doesn’t speak about TATA tea gardens — because their owners are close aides of BJP,” Gogoi alleged.

Gogoi concluded by reaffirming that the Congress movement across Assam was gaining momentum. “Today, in various parts of the state, nearly 8,000 people have formally joined the Congress. This is a people’s movement — not for power, but for restoring dignity, fairness, and justice in Assam,” he said.

The mass joining in Tinsukia is being seen as a significant boost for the Congress in Upper Assam, a region once dominated by the BJP. Political observers say the growing number of defections indicates a shifting undercurrent ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.