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News India Live, Digital Desk: in Assam 9 April 2026 Just before the assembly elections to be held on 27th, Chief Minister Himanta Vishwa Sharma has made his sharpest attack on the opposition till date. In an interview to a news agency, the Chief Minister claimed that there was huge discontent within the Congress and almost 99 percent Hindu leaders and workers Now feeling suffocated there and want to leave the party. He predicted that after the results of this election, Congress will be limited to only a particular community.

“The disintegration of Congress has begun”

Describing the current situation of Congress as a ‘sinking ship’, Chief Minister Sharma said:

Migration of Hindu leaders: Citing veteran leaders who recently left Congress and joined BJP (like Pradyut Bardlai and Bhupen Kumar Borah), he said that self-respecting Assamese can no longer remain in Congress.

A community party: The CM taunted, “After the elections, Congress will be reduced to being only the representative of the ‘Mian’ community (in reference to illegal immigrants) in Assam. This party can now dream of forming a government not in India, but in Pakistan or Bangladesh.”

Opposition hits back: “This is politics of polarization”

Congress and the opposition alliance have reacted strongly to this statement of the Chief Minister.

Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar Retaliated by saying that Himanta Vishwa Sharma Assam Pradesh Congress President Gaurav Gogoi Are afraid of. He alleged that BJP is only resorting to ‘polarisation’ to win elections as they have nothing to show in the name of development.

Question of Assamese identity: The opposition argues that BJP is breaking the leaders by intimidation and luring, but the public is with them.

Mathematics of Assam Elections 2026 (Quick Facts)

Voting date: 9 April 2026 (all 126 seats in a single phase).

consequences: 4 May 2026.

Main competition: BJP-led NEDA vs Congress-led ‘Assam Samhit Morcha’ (ASM).

Major Issues: Infiltration, 1.65 lakh government jobs (BJP claims), and building a ‘strong Assamese society’.

period of rebellion and defection

After ticket distribution, rebellion is being seen in both the camps. While some old leaders in BJP are threatening to contest the elections as independents, many Congress MLAs and former presidents have already switched sides. The Chief Minister himself is going door-to-door to pacify the ‘angry’ leaders.