In a boost to its preparations for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, the Congress on Monday welcomed three former legislators into its fold, while launching a sharp attack on the ruling BJP over “corruption and company-style governance.”Former Sipajhar MLA Binanda Saikia, former Kamalpur MLA Satyabrata Kalita and former Karbi Anglong MLA Dr. Mansingh Rongpi formally joined the Congress at Indira Bhawan in Guwahati.
The joining ceremony was attended by AICC General Secretary in-charge of Assam Jitendra Singh, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gaurav Gogoi and several senior party leaders.
The Congress said the induction of the three leaders, each with influence in different regions of the state, reflects growing disillusionment among political figures and common people with the BJP-led government.
“All sections of Assam are yearning for change. What the people have got in the past years is the most corrupt rule in the state’s history – a government run like a private company by Himanta Biswa Sarma. Rampant corruption and loot of public resources, along with divisive governance, have been its hallmark,” Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal said in a post on X.