Guwahati : Ahead of the forthcoming Assam Assembly elections, the Congress on February 3 constituted its Pradesh Election Committee for the state, appointing Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gaurav Gogoi as its chairperson.

The 35-member committee includes several senior party leaders, among them Debabrata Saikia, Rakibul Hussain, Pradyut Bordoloi, Bhupen Kumar Borah, Ripun Borah, Paban Singh Ghatowar, Wajid Ali Chaudhary, Rosilina Tirkey, Jakir Hussain Sikdar, Pradeep Sarkar and Arun Dutta Mazumdar.

In addition to the listed members, the panel will also comprise the APCC general secretary (organisation), heads of all frontal organisations of the APCC, and chairpersons of the Scheduled Caste, Other Backward Classes, Minority, Adivasi Congress Departments, as well as the Tea Garden Cell of the APCC.

The reconstitution of the Pradesh Election Committee is part of the Congress’s preparations for the Assembly polls scheduled in Assam in the coming months, as the party looks to mount a strong challenge to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and regain power in the state.

Party leaders said the newly formed committee will be responsible for finalising election strategy, overseeing candidate selection and coordinating campaign activities across Assam as the Congress intensifies its poll preparations.

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