DIGBOI: The electoral contest in Digboi took a sharper edge on Tuesday as the Raijor Dal staged a large-scale rally through key parts of the town, drawing thousands of supporters and putting down a clear marker against the BJP in the constituency.
The rally, led by Raijor Dal candidate Dulal Moran — who is backed by the Congress and Asom Jatiya Parishad — moved through central Digboi before culminating at Itabhatta. The scale of the turnout signalled growing ground-level momentum for the alliance.
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Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi arrived at the rally after completing campaign engagements elsewhere in the state and addressed the gathering with a direct attack on the BJP and its candidate Suren Phukan.
Gogoi accused the ruling government of failing to address core issues in Digboi despite the constituency's historic significance to Assam — as the site of the country's oldest oil well and a town with deep industrial roots.
He flagged rising unemployment among local youth as a central grievance, alleging that local candidates are being passed over in favour of outsiders when jobs are handed out.
Gogoi also highlighted what he described as a glaring administrative gap — the absence of a block office in the Budhidihing area — calling it a concrete symbol of the constituency's continued neglect under the current dispensation.
Candidate Dulal Moran took an equally aggressive approach, framing the rally's turnout as direct evidence of public discontent with the status quo.
"The constituency is ready for a shift away from traditional politics," Moran said, positioning himself as an alternative rooted in local concerns rather than party machinery.
His pitch centred on four issues that he said have long been left unaddressed in Digboi — jobs, infrastructure, healthcare, and education. He made clear that reaching voters directly, rather than relying on conventional campaigning, would be central to his strategy in the days remaining before polling.