Guwahati, May 26 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Assam Congress, questioning its recent choice of Legislative Party leader and accusing the opposition party of drifting away from the interests of indigenous communities in the state.

Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, BJP Assam spokesperson Kishore Upadhyay alleged that the Congress, through its latest internal decision, has demonstrated a shift in its political priorities. He claimed that the party's leadership in Assam was increasingly aligning with "Bengali-origin migrant Muslim interests" over those of indigenous groups, and further argued that this reflected a broader ideological change within the party in the state.

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