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TopicGaurav Gogoi

Topic: Gaurav Gogoi

0 bypoll wins, bastion Samaguri lost, bleak outlook for Congress in Assam amid murmurs of ‘arrogance’

NDA secured wins in all 5 seats. Outcome raised questions on Congress’s position in Assam political landscape even as party leaders said they were confident of good show in 2026 polls.

Gaurav Gogoi to be Congress’ deputy leader in Lok Sabha

Along with Gogoi's appointment, eight-time MP from Kerala Kodikunnil Suresh was named the party's chief whip. Manickam Tagore & Mohammad Jawed will be the party's whips in LS.

BJP leadership has ‘totally alienated’ ideological base, says Congress MP-elect Gaurav Gogoi

Referring to Himanta Biswa Sarma as his ‘star campaigner’, Gogoi alleges Assam CM is 'amassing properties and wealth with political blessings of a powerful Union Minister'.

Tea tribes’ woes & Tarun Gogoi legacy — in Assam’s Jorhat, Gaurav Gogoi fights Himanta’s might

Congress is hoping that the abiding goodwill for his father, and Gaurav Gogoi's own performance as an MP, will lead him to victory, despite BJP’s stronghold in Assam.

‘Not the western kind’ — as Lok Sabha discusses Ram Mandir, Congress attempts to define secularism

Opening discussion in Lok Sabha on behalf of Congress, Gaurav Gogoi says: ‘We believe in secularism but not the western definition of it. We believe in Sarva Dharma Samabhava.'

Gaurav Gogoi moves adjournment motion in LS, seeks to discuss Assam govt’s air travel expenses

The Congress MP called it 'concerning' that over Rs 58 crore have been spent on CM Sarma and his aides' travel, says money spent for non-govt purposes violates EC code of conduct.

Gogoi-Himanta row: Assam CM’s wife breaks silence on subsidy allegation, threatens defamation case

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi keeps up attack on couple, produces minister Piyush Goyal's reply in Parliament where he had listed approved projects under PM Kisan Sampada Yojana.

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi says Himanta ‘helped wife’s firm get Rs 10-cr govt subsidy’, Assam CM denies

Gogoi has alleged that Riniki Bhuyan Sharma’s company Pride East Entertainments Private Limited received the Rs 10 crore from food processing ministry as part of credit linked subsidy.

Numbers against us but had to go for no-confidence as PM won’t discuss Manipur, says Gaurav Gogoi

Congress MP says govt trying to create 'a context in Parliament where issue of Manipur is diluted', adds Modi 'continued to ignore Parliament' & has spoken on Manipur only outside it.

Assamese culture superior to RSS ideology, don’t need Sangh lessons on cow, Gaurav Gogoi says

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, in an interview with ThePrint, says Assam's Cattle Preservation Bill, 2021 is an attempt to distract people from the mismanagement of Covid and economic distress.

On Camera

Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

Over six-fold spike in digital transactions since 2019-20, govt informs Parliament

Govt says digital payments also uplift under-served communities by providing them financial footprint that can be used to assess credit worthiness in absence of traditional documents.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.