Overview

• At an APCC meeting in Guwahati on August 3, Gaurav Gogoi renewed calls for a full parliamentary discussion on the Election Commission’s neutrality over Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision
• Gogoi labelled the government’s claim that the EC falls outside ministerial oversight as an absurd attempt to hide potential manipulation
• The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee formalised plans to relay grassroots feedback on governance and tribal status to AICC in-charge Jitendra Singh Alwar for its 2026 assembly election strategy
• Senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are expected to tour Assam in the coming weeks to strengthen public outreach ahead of the polls
• Gogoi criticised the Home Ministry’s response to the Pahalgam terror attack, holding intelligence failures under its watch responsible for the fatalities