CM Tarun Gogoi has Barak Congress MLAs' support: Assam Pradesh Congress Committee

SILCHAR: At a time when chief minister Tarun Gogoi is reportedly facing "challenges" from Congress legislators, there's good news for him from Barak Valley. All the 13 MLAs belonging to Congress elected from the three districts of Barak Valley have extended their "wholehearted support" to Gogoi's leadership.
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) secretary and spokesman Pradeep Dutta Roy in a release on Tuesday said not only all the 13 MLAs, but also district Congress committees, three zila parishads of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi, all municipalities and town committees and all youth Congress bodies have full trust in and swear allegiance to Gogoi.They stand united under the guidance and directions of Gogoi and APCC president Bhubaneswar Kalita, said Dutta Roy.
"The Congressmen in Barak Valley wish to communicate to the Congress high-command in Delhi that they don't wish to see Tarun Gogoi as vice-president of the nation anytime soon. They want him to remain the chief minister of the state because it goes without saying that under his leadership the state shall progress in all spheres besides remaining secure from the Maoist threat," said the APCC spokesman. tnn
Dutta Roy said the recent upsurge in Maoist activities fostered by foreign powers in Assam needs to be confronted befittingly in order to ensure continued national integration and security and, for that, it's essential that the Tarun Gogoi-led Congress party continues to remain in office in Assam.
"The Congress in Barak Valley has already started its preparation for the upcoming panchayet elections and the party is confident that it would achieve unprecedented success in the rural polls under the leadership of Gogoi and Kalita," the Congress functionary added.