In a letter to the Congress General Secretary, KC Venugopal, APCC working President Rana Goswami wrote, "I beg to state that I am tendering my resignation as the working President of Assam Pradesh Congress Committe and as an active member of Indian National Congress."
Following the fresh exodus of its leaders, the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has constituted a Quick Response Team (QRT) to respond promptly in situations of imminent conflict or controversy.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Assam police has summoned Congress MLA Jakir Hussain Sikdar and another Assam Pradesh Congress leader for questioning in connection with a clash that took place during Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Guwahati, officials said.
The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has expelled Golaghat District Congress Committee from his position following a meeting with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Dr Angkita Dutta, former chief of Assam Pradesh Youth Congress and the one who alleged that the party's youth wing president --Srinivas BV-- harassed her, is set to join Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday.
"On January 23, as per our schedule, we will be staying at Guwahati. We are trying our best to carry on with our Yatra as planned. Assam Chief Minister is trying his best not to allow our event in Guwahati. Several obstacles are being posed in front of us...We have written two letters to
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee staged a protest in Guwahati against the hike in power tariffs and burnt the notice copy of the hike in electricity bill on Thursday.
In a bid to put up a combined challenge against the BJP at the Centre in next year's Lok Sabha elections, a meeting of 11 political parties, spearheaded by the Congress's Assam unit, was held in Guwahati on Thursday.
Hours after Angkita Dutta was expelled by Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) for six years for "anti-party activities", Congress leader Debabrata Saikia on Saturday accused the former youth president of "crossing her limits".
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) expels Assam youth president Dr Angkita Dutta from the party for six years for "anti-party activities" on Saturday.
After 'Bharat Jodo Yatra, the Assam Congress is all set to launch 'Hath se Hath Jodo' Yatra in Assam's Barak Valley on February 2, the working president of Assam Congress Jakir Hussain Sikdar announced on Sunday.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, on Wednesday, met with a delegation of Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress and Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Presidents Bhupen Kumar Borah to discuss the Assam leg of the Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra and ways to strengthen the party in the state.