Sarbananda Sonowal targets Congress for alleged corruption, scams

Sarbananda Sonowal criticizes Congress for corruption, urging cooperation for India's development, highlighting Modi's governance successes since 2014.

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday (February 2, 2026) launched a sharp attack on the Congress, accusing its past governments of corruption and misgovernance, and urged the Opposition party to cooperate with the ruling alliance in working towards the goal of a developed India by 2047.

Initiating the motion to thanks to President Droupadi Murmu for her address to the joint sitting of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, Mr. Sonowal said the Congress should introspect and move away from what he described as persistent criticism of the Narendra Modi-led government.

The Dibrugarh MP claimed that the Congress had been “rejected” by the people of the northeast because of its alleged failure to address the region’s aspirations during its years in power.

Referring to earlier Congress-led governments, Mr. Sonowal alleged that they had been marked by major scams, and policy paralysis. He cited cases, including on 2G spectrum and coal block allocations, and the Commonwealth Games. 

In contrast, he said, the country had witnessed “transparent and corruption-free governance” since 2014 under Mr. Modi.

“The President’s Address has done what the Congress never could — it spoke honestly about the past, decisively about the present, and confidently about the future. It marks India’s final departure from decades of misrule, corruption and calculated neglect,” the Union Minister said.