Before the Assam Assembly elections 2026, BJP has suffered a big setback. Nandita Garlosa, who was the Sports and Youth Welfare Minister in the Himanta government, formally joined the Congress on Sunday (22 March). He has taken this decision due to BJP not giving him the ticket. Now she will contest the assembly elections from her current seat Haflong on Congress ticket.

Congress accuses Assam CM
Nandita Garlosa joined the Congress in the presence of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) General Secretary Nirmal Langthasa. Congress State General Secretary said that we are extremely happy to announce that Nandita Garlosa has joined the Congress Party. She has been the voice of Dima Hasao for the last 5 years and has always stood firm on her beliefs and principles. Langthasa alleged that he had to pay the price for this in BJP because Himanta Biswa Sarma was only interested in selling tribal lands to big companies.

BJP canceled Garlosa ticket
Nirmal Langthasa further said that Congress will declare him as its candidate from Haflong seat tomorrow. All formalities in this regard will be completed soon. Let us tell you that Garlosa was the Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare in the Assam Government and she was representing Haflong seat in the current assembly. This time BJP gave ticket to new face Rupali Langthasa in her place, after which Garlosa left BJP.

In fact, on Sunday itself, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had gone to Haflong and met Nandita Garlosa at her house but this meeting remained inconclusive. A few hours after meeting CM Sarma, he joined hands with Congress. Let us tell you that voting for the 126-member assembly of Assam will be held on April 9, while the counting of votes will take place on May 4.

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