Nagaon bypoll: Congress slams BJP over convoy with leaders attacked in Assam
Gaurav Gogoi said stones and bottles were thrown at vehicles carrying him and Bhupesh Baghel during campaign travel, while Himanta Sarma blamed congress rivals.
The Congress accused the BJP of attacking its leaders during campaigning for the Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll in Assam, where they reportedly faced "Go Back" slogans and protests involving stones, bottles, and other objects being thrown at their vehicles. Congress leader Naseer Hussain asserted that this incident was part of a systematic approach by the BJP to intimidate opposition leaders and deter voters from participating in the electoral process.
He contended, "Is there any doubt about who is behind this attack? It is absolutely clear— this is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s pattern…Attack senior leaders, pelt stones at them, injure them, so that the leadership at the lower levels and the workers become afraid and do not participate in the election process, and voters do not come out to vote."
These accusations followed Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi's allegation that BJP workers had attacked the convoy carrying former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, Gogoi himself, and other party members while they were en route to an election rally on Monday. In response, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma suggested the incident was a "clash between rival factions within the Congress itself" and urged the state leadership to address the internal disagreements within the party.
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