NEW DELHI,11 March 2026 : Raijor Dal president and Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi on Sunday said that the Congress has “betrayed” them by not informing them about an alliance meeting. Addressing a press conference in Kaziranga, Gogoi said that talks between the two parties had collapsed over seat-sharing disagreements, particularly over the Dhing assembly constituency.
Gogoi said the Raijor Dal had sought 13 seats as part of the proposed alliance, but the Congress was willing to offer only four, leading to a deadlock in negotiations. He also alleged that the Congress had prepared its candidates’ list unilaterally without proper consultation with its alliance partners.
Criticising Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi, he blamed what he described as the “arrogance” of the state leadership for the collapse of the alliance.
“On March 6, 2026, a meeting of all opposition parties was held in Guwahati to discuss seat-sharing, but we were not invited to the meeting. We feel humiliated and are very dissatisfied with Congress. As an alliance partner, we are very important, but they didn’t inform us,” Akhil Gogoi said.
“We are against the fascist mindset of the government, and that is why we were with the opposition parties, but we feel humiliated that we were not informed about the March 6 meeting,” the Raijor Dal chief added.
Akhil Gogoi said it was “insulting” that the Congress held a press conference to announce an alliance with four parties while leaving out his Raijor Dal.
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