India
oi-Deepika S
Guwahati, Feb 22: With Assam gearing up for an intense battle of votes in the upcoming Assembly elections, the opposition Congress has adopted the ‘Chhattisgarh model of booth management’ to reclaim power from the ruling BJP-led alliance.
In 2018, Chhattisgarh Congress had defied all exit polls and shocked political pundits winning 68 seats out of 90, thereby snatching power from BJP after 15 years. Congress currently has 70 MLAs there as it won two by-elections.
A senior official of the Congress party, who came from outside Assam and has been camping here for almost one month, told PTI that a new energy level is seen in the party workers after a team from Chhattisgarh started working on the ground.
‘Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s demise affected the morale of the Assam Congress to a large extent as he was a father-figure to all. When we came in early part of January, people…