GUWAHATI: Rattled by the outcomes of the Guwahati Municipal Company election, the place the celebration which dominated Assam for 3 consecutive phrases, drew a clean, Assam PCC president Bhupen Kumar Borah on Tuesday constituted a fact-finding committee to probe the explanations for the dismal present.
The committee, constituted with instant impact, has Bharat Chandra Narah, MLA as chairman, Kushal Kumar Sarma, ex-mayor, GMC, and Deep Bayan, president of the Assam PCC Seva Dal, as members.
“The committee will completely analyze the foundation causes of the surprising defeat...with details and figures, observations and neutral views of varied sections of society, celebration staff and eminent political analysts,” learn a press release issued by the chairman of the media division of the Assam PCC, Manjit Mahanta.
The committee will submit its detailed report inside a month with solutions for corrective measures. Congress misplaced seven elections in a row in Assam since 2014, whereas the NDA consolidated its votebank with back-to-back victories in two city polls since final month. The BJP-AGP alliance additionally swept the municipal board elections held throughout districts in March. Because the municipal outcomes might have far reaching demoralizing penalties on the Congress staff, Assam Congress chief Borah will embark on a go to to 100 constituencies from the primary week of Could, the place the grand outdated celebration does not have legislators.
“At this disaster scenario, my first job is to spice up the morale of the employees. The Congress is simply going by a tough patch. When the BJP fails to ship its guarantees, the Congress would be the solely possibility for the voters in Assam,” mentioned Borah. He mentioned the GMC election outcomes can't wipe out the Congress from the complete state. "We nonetheless have 1000's of devoted staff who're our power," he added.
Borah added, “Those that need to be a part of the BJP ought to go away the Congress. There isn't a level sustaining relations with each the ruling and opposition camps," he mentioned.
Whereas the Assam PCC has witnessed an exodus of leaders and celebration staff after Modi got here to energy within the Centre, BJP MLA Phanidhar Talukdar dropped a bombshell on Monday, asserting that six Congress legislators in Assam will be a part of the saffron celebration. “Very quickly, the chief of the opposition within the state meeting can be from the AIUDF. The BJP will proceed to rule for 30 years in Assam,” mentioned Talukdar.