Congress leader Rahul Gandhi halted briefly at Dimapur airport en route to Bokajan and Jorhat for the Congress poll campaign, where he was received by senior Congress leaders of Nagaland led by NPCC president and Lok Sabha MP, Supongmeren Jamir.
After addressing an election rally at Bokajan, Gandhi departed for Jorhat via Dimapur along with Assam Congress president and Jorhat candidate, Gaurav Gogoi, to address another rally at Titabor.
Addressing rallies at Bokajan in Karbi Anglong and Titabor in Jorhat district, Gandhi framed the Assembly elections as a choice between “Zubeen Garg’s ideals” and what he termed the “hatred and arrogance” of chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
At Bokajan, Gandhi launched the Congress manifesto outlining commitments across 11 key sectors, including governance, identity and healthcare, and pledged to implement Article 244(A) for Karbi Anglong if voted to power. He said governance would be from the region and not controlled remotely. He also alleged that the Prime Minister, Home Minister Amit Shah and Himanta Biswa Sarma had “turned Assam into a land ATM”, claiming land was being handed to private companies.
At Titabor, Gandhi once again branded Himanta Biswa Sarma the “most corrupt Chief Minister in the country’s history,” accusing him of gifting thousands of bighas to corporate interests. He cited figures such as 18,000 bighas to Adani for a solar project, 13,000 bighas to Ambani, and large tracts to Ramdev’s Patanjali, claiming syndicate rule is being run in Assam under Delhi’s direction.
“Apologies won’t erase the harm done to the people,” Gandhi said, warning that Sarma would face accountability for corruption.
