‘Bangladeshi’ poll plank will fail in Assam just as it did in Jharkhand: Gaurav Gogoi

Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday (August 26, 2025) said that the ‘Bangladeshi infiltrators’ plank of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma would fail to work for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2026 Assembly elections just as it did in Jharkhand in 2024.

The BJP ran an unsuccessful high-decibel campaign of “love jihad” and “land jihad” in Jharkhand by claiming that Bangladeshi “infiltrators” were marrying tribal women and taking over tribal lands. Mr. Sarma was one of the key campaigners of the party.