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Gaurav Gogoi Opens Jorhat Campaign, Criticises BJP as Rivals Brand Him ‘Political Tourist’

BJP leaders have labeled his Jorhat visits as political tourism, despite his efforts to strengthen Congress ahead of the 2026 polls.

Overview

  • Gogoi returned to his Jorhat constituency as new APCC president and received an emotionally charged welcome in his father Tarun Gogoi’s political bastion
  • He led a series of roadside meetings in Jorhat, Titabar and Mariani, pledging to tackle corruption, syndicate rule and artificial floods in Guwahati
  • Gogoi underlined that the "main game" will be the 2026 Assam assembly elections and vowed to bolster Congress’s grassroots network
  • Union MoS Pabitra Margherita and other BJP figures dismissed his local engagements as political tourism while touting the ruling party’s infrastructure and healthcare projects
  • He paid tribute at his ancestral home in Nazir Ali and pledged a people-centric approach focused on welfare, accountability and democratic values