Gaurav Gogoi terms Borah’s BJP entry ‘scripted’, links move to alleged 12,000-bigha land row

Guwahati, Feb 18: Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday launched a scathing assault on former APCC president Bhupen Borah following his resignation from the Congress, alleging that his determination to be a part of the BJP was a “scripted move” designed to divert public consideration from Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s alleged 12,000-bigha land controversy.

Addressing the media at Rajiv Bhawan in Guwahati, Gogoi stated rumours about Borah’s alleged proximity to Himanta Biswa Sarma had been circulating for a very long time. He claimed the Congress had initially dismissed such speculations, however raised questions over how confidential info from inner get together conferences repeatedly reached a journalist allegedly shut to the Chief Minister.

In accordance to Gogoi, Borah’s instant swap to the BJP a day after resigning from the Congress has now validated these suspicions. He stated Borah, who had sharply criticised Sarma for years, “surrendered” with out hesitation.

Calling the event a calculated distraction, Gogoi stated the individuals of Assam are demanding solutions on how one household allegedly acquired 12,000 bighas — practically 4,000 acres — of land. He asserted that the Congress get together’s sustained campaigns have uncovered what he described as Sarma’s “actual property empire,” prompting the BJP to engineer diversions.

“The general public is not going to be distracted. The Congress marketing campaign is not going to cease for a second,” Gogoi stated, including that the get together will proceed with its scheduled programmes and cling to candidate choice timelines forward of the 2026 Meeting elections.

He additional alleged that leaders becoming a member of the BJP are handed a ready “script,” and questioned why Borah didn’t align with some other anti-BJP get together if his departure was really ideological.

Invoking Chanakya Niti, Gogoi remarked that political methods usually make use of “Saam, Daam, Dand and Bhed,” and claimed that at the least two of these ways have been at play on this occasion.

Gogoi additionally accused Sarma of hypocrisy, recalling that the Chief Minister had earlier criticised Borah for allegedly making vulgar gestures towards a Mahila Congress chief. He stated a case within the matter is reportedly pending earlier than the Nationwide Fee for Ladies, but Sarma is now projecting Borah as an “upright Hindu chief.”

He additional recalled that Borah had as soon as taken an oath on the Kamakhya Temple that he would by no means be a part of the BJP, alleging that Borah has now gone again on that pledge. Gogoi challenged Sarma to publicly debate Hinduism.

Highlighting latest political developments, Gogoi stated the Congress has witnessed leaders from the BJP, AGP and different events becoming a member of its ranks in latest months. Claiming that the “Congress prepare is gaining pace,” he expressed confidence that the get together will return to energy within the 2026 Meeting elections.

Gogoi alleged that Borah has “written the obituary of his political profession” by becoming a member of the BJP. He additional claimed that below Sarma’s management, BJP allies have regularly been weakened or sidelined, remarking that even former Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal is never seen in Assam’s political panorama or BJP publicity campaigns.

Concluding his remarks, Gogoi reiterated that Borah’s resignation and subsequent entry into the BJP have been pre-planned, and alleged that the Chief Minister’s actions stem from desperation over the purported 12,000-bigha land situation.

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