Guwahati, March 6 -- Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President Gaurav Gogoi has accused Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of allegedly seeking the support of the AIUDF for a Rajya Sabha nomination.

Gogoi claimed that this move exposes the "power-centric" nature of the BJP's politics, noting that Sarma, who has spent years publicly branding the AIUDF as a communal party, has now been compelled to seek their support to maintain his political standing.

Claiming that three AIUDF MLAs, Karimuddin Barbhuiya, Nizamuddin Choudhury, and Zakir Hussain Laskar, have signed the nomination papers of the NDA's Rajya Sabha candidate, Pramod Boro of the UPPL, Gaurav Gogoi launched a sharp critique of the Chief Minister.

Gogoi remarked that for years,...