Dynasty's Falsehood exposed : Season of sponsored narratives do not go far ::: Congress faces truth on ground zero --- Minorities too have deserted Congress, says Akhil Gogoi :::: "Gaurav Gogoi had lost the moral right to continue as state Congress president"

"The Congress party's inability to retain minority support was particularly worrying".

Minorities too have deserted Congress, says Akhil Gogoi ::::  "Gaurav Gogoi had lost the moral right to continue as state Congress president"

Dynasty's Falsehood exposed :   

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The BJP is all set to register an emphatic victory in the Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election, pushing the Congress to third place. 

The poor performance has triggered fresh criticism of Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi from former ally Akhil Gogoi. 

The Raijor Dal chief described the Congress's defeat in a constituency where Muslims account for more than 55% of voters as a 

--  "tragedy for Assam's anti-BJP forces".  

Akhil Gogoi said Gaurav Gogoi had lost the moral right to continue as state Congress president and called for a fundamental overhaul of the party. "The minority vote share for Congress has plummeted from 25% to just 5%," Akhil Gogoi told ANI.

"The BJP is poised to win this minority-dominated seat... This is a historic defeat for the Congress... 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," he said.

Speaking to news channel DT 365; Akhil Gogoi said - "the Congress's inability to retain minority support was particularly worrying". 

He described the Nagaon result as a "historic setback and said the party needed to reconsider both its leadership and its strategy for fighting the BJP."  

Akhil Gogoi's criticism comes barely five weeks after the Congress formally severed ties with Akhil Gogoi's Raijor Dal on September 3. It accused Akhil Gogoi's Raijor Dal of repeatedly attacking Congress leaders and violating the principles of their alliance. Sibsagar MLA Akhil Gogoi, who had accused the Congress of sidelining his party, nevertheless decided not to field a candidate in the Nagaon by-election.

Founded by Akhil Gogoi in October 2020 following the anti-CAA protests, Raijor Dal currently holds two seats in the 126-member Assam Assembly, with Gogoi representing Sibsagar and Mehboob Muktar representing Dhing.

The October 6 by-election in Nagaon was necessitated after former Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi joined the BJP and subsequently won the Dispur Assembly seat. Congress had won Nagaon in both 2019 and 2024, making the constituency one of its remaining parliamentary strongholds in Assam. Following the 2023 delimitation, Muslims were estimated to account for 55-58% of its electorate.

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AKHIL GOGOI QUESTIONS GAURAV'S RIGHT TO LEAD CONGRESS

Akhil Gogoi's sharpest criticism concerned the Congress's inability to hold on to minority voters, whom he described as an important support base for the party.

In his remarks to DT365, he called the Congress's performance in minority-dominated Nagaon a "tragic event in the political history of Assam".

Delhi has been turned into a virtual fortress ahead of the protest at Jantar Mantar. Delhi Police has denied permission for the Oct 10 agitation.  

Rahul Gandhi-led INDIA bloc leaders arrived at Rashtrapati Bhavan to seek President Droupadi Murmu's intervention to demand the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.  

The delegation included Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, CPI(M) general secretary MA Baby, CPI general secretary D Raja, Samajwadi Party leader Rajeev Rai, NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, RJD MP Manoj Jha and Thol Tirumavalam of VCK.  

In West Bengal, both Trinamool Congress factions were decimated in the Nandigram and Rejinagar bypolls after contesting separately. The result exposed their failure to consolidate Muslim votes and bridge the split between image and organisation.  

In its first electoral test nearly six months after assuming power, the ruling BJP has scored a perfect 100 in the bypolls in Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly constituencies. As was expected, the BJP has retained Nandigram, securing a landslide victory with more than a lakh votes. 

What has come as a surprise, however, is the BJP’s performance in Rejinagar, a Muslim-majority constituency, where it has emerged victorious with a towering majority.