Congress’ illusion with alliance over, to fight by-polls in Assam alone

Sept 20: Before the Assam Assembly Elections 2021, Congress forged alliance with Badar Uddin Ajmal’s AIUDF. However, the party failed to make any impressive impact during the polls. This led to break its alliance with the AIUDF after the polls.

APCC president Bhupen Kumar Borah on Monday said that the party will fight the assembly by-polls alone without forming any alliance. The by-polls are likely to take place by the end of this year. Borah said that the party will field its own candidates as it wants to regain the lost ground in the constituencies. In order to enthuse the ground workers and strengthen the party organisation keeping in mind the Lok Sabha polls in 2024 and the assembly elections in 2026, the Congress will fight the by-polls alone, he added.