The BJP won the Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election in Assam, with the Congress being pushed to the third place.
The result has drawn sharp criticism from Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi, a former ally of the Congress, who called the defeat a “tragedy for Assam’s anti-BJP forces”.
Akhil Gogoi also blamed Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi for the party’s poor performance and called for his immediate resignation. “I believe the Congress President, Gaurav Gogoi, has failed completely. In my opinion, Gaurav Gogoi should resign from the post of State Congress President this very day.
His remarks come as the Congress struggles in a constituency where Muslims account for more than 55% of voters. Akhil Gogoi said the Congress had won the seat by a margin of 2.5 lakh votes in the previous election but was now struggling to reach even two lakh votes.
Calling the outcome a historic setback for the Congress, Akhil Gogoi said Gaurav Gogoi had failed in his role as state party president. “This is a historic defeat for the Congress,” he said. In a post shared on X, Shah said the results reflected continued public support for the BJP under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
“The most significant development this time is that the minority vote share for Congress has plummeted from 25% to just 5%.
“This is essentially a minority-dominated seat,” he said, adding that the Congress’s minority vote share had fallen sharply. The BJP is poised to win this minority-dominated seat,” he said.
