In BJP’s Assam clean sweep, a surprise loss will pinch Congress the most

While 4 of these seats had earlier been held by MLAs from the aforesaid parties, the BJP’s biggest triumph is successful Samaguri, a spot with a sizeable number colonisation that had been represented by Assam Congress heavyweight Rakibul Hussain for 5 consecutive presumption since 2000.

Before Rakibul’s agelong tenure arsenic MLA there, his begetter Nurul Hussain, besides a Congress leader, had represented the spot for 2 presumption successful the 1980s and the 1990s.

In the bypolls, the Congress had fielded Rakibul’s 26-year-old lad Tanzil from the seat, with Rakibul starring his campaign.

The run spot saw aggregate instances of poll-related violence, resulting successful injuries to workers of some parties.

Throughout counting day, the trends oscillated betwixt some candidates. However, portion counting was inactive underway arsenic of 5:30 pm, Diplu Ranjan Sarmah was up by 22,833 votes aft 15 retired of 19 rounds of counting.

After his triumph became clear, Sarma, who is the Assam Pradesh General Secretary of the BJP, called his triumph an result of a improvement narrative. “When we bash politics, these things (demography of voters) are there, but I personally ne'er thought of radical arsenic number oregon majority. I lone had the connection of sabka saath, sabka vikaas, sabka prayas. With this connection we had gone to the people. We had gone to each saying ‘justice to all, appeasement to none’… At a clip that the Congress had done communal politics, I had done the authorities of development,” helium said.

After conceding his son’s defeat, Rakibul claimed the result was rigged. “On the time of the predetermination itself I had said that the mode successful which 22,000-33,000 votes had been rigged, we cannot decision that… That (minority votes going to the BJP) is the substance of concern, that galore number radical from present are moving successful different places, successful Kerala, Andhra, Bangalore. But those radical person been shown arsenic voting here,” helium claimed.

This was echoed by Assam Congress main Bhupen Borah, adjacent arsenic helium admitted that its nonaccomplishment successful Samaguri stings the enactment the most. “Many young radical from the country person gone to Kerala, Andhra Pradesh to work. At the clip erstwhile thousands of youths are successful different states, astatine that clip votes were formed successful their names. We person made complaints with the ECI, DC, SEC… The predetermination was fought with sticks and stones successful Samaguri, and I deliberation that successful the future, the radical of Assam volition not enactment this process,” helium said.

Assam BJP main Bhabesh Kalita said the results foreshadow the 2026 Assam assembly election. “This is simply a run-up to our triumph successful 2026, erstwhile the BJP and CM Himanta Biswa Sarma volition person a large victory… The Congress hadn’t adjacent thought we would triumph successful Samaguri… There was a combat determination and we had accepted that determination would beryllium a combat due to the fact that the demography is antithetic there,” helium said.

In the different important result successful the Northeast bypolls, the ruling National People’s Party broke the Congress’s winning streak successful Meghalaya’s Gambegre assembly seat, with Mehtab Chandee Sangma, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma’s wife, clinching the spot successful her electoral debut.

The spot had go vacant aft three-time MLA Saleng Sangma won from the Tura Lok Sabha seat. The Gambegre result is simply a changeable successful the limb for the governmental fortunes of some the NPP and the Sangma family, which had suffered a setback with Saleng Sangma defeating Agatha Sangma, Conrad’s sister, successful Tura earlier this year. Apart from a two-year spread betwixt 1989 and 1991, the Tura spot has been held by members of the household – Agatha, Conrad and their begetter P A Sangma – since 1977.

“History has been made successful Gambegre. A heartfelt convey you to the radical for placing their spot successful Dr Mehtab Chandee A Sangma and supporting her imaginativeness for a brighter tomorrow. This triumph is simply a testament to your unwavering content successful progress, unity, and development. Together, we volition enactment towards making Gambegre a beacon of anticipation and opportunity. This is not conscionable a triumph for our family, but for each azygous idiosyncratic who dreams of a stronger, amended Meghalaya. Here’s to a caller section of work and commitment,” wrote Conrad successful a societal media post.