Golaghat, March 20 -- Congress candidate from Khumtai Assembly constituency in Assam, Roselina Tirkey, expressed gratitude to the party leadership after being named in the list of candidates for the 2026 Assembly elections, stating that her campaign will focus on issues of peace and development.

Speaking to ANI, Tirkey said, "I thank our AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Lok Sabha LoP Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party Sonia Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi... I also thank Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi and all my colleagues for reposing faith in me and selecting my name for the upcoming assembly election, for which I am deeply grateful. We are prepared for the times ahead; we will pa...