Will win by over 2 lakh votes against Gaurav Gogoi in Jorhat: Assam BJP MP

BJP MP Topon Kumar Gogoi confident in retaining Jorhat Lok Sabha seat, emphasizing development under Modi's leadership.

Sitting BJP MP from Jorhat Lok Sabha seat, Topon Kumar Gogoi, exuded confidence in retaining the constituency by trouncing his rival Gaurav Gogoi of the Congress by a margin of over two lakh votes.

In an interview to PTI, the BJP leader asserted that people of his constituency and the entire country want Narendra Modi elected as prime minister for the third consecutive term so that the "development journey continues”. He also claimed that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, which the Opposition is "trying to make an election issue", is not a concern among voters.

"My campaigning is going on very well. Political meetings are being held in every panchayat of all the legislative assembly constituencies of Jorhat, and I am getting spontaneous reactions from people irrespective of religion, caste and creed," the BJP MP said.

Jorhat will vote in the first phase on April 19 along with four other seats in Upper Assam.

"We have done enough work in the tea gardens. Earlier, no initiatives were taken for the garden areas. While I was the power minister in the Assam government, I provided new connections to 24 lakh people. I gave individual electric meters to tea garden quarters instead of cluster meters. Ambulance service has also been started in the tea garden areas," Mr. Gogoi said.

Asserting that people have full faith in the BJP, he said there is no anti-incumbency in Jorhat as his “performance speaks about it”, and there is a "hell and heaven difference" between pre and post 2016 Assam.

The BJP assumed power in Assam for the first time in 2016 with alliance partners, and subsequently formed the second consecutive government in 2021. Asked if he was worried over the fact that a united opposition has fielded Gaurav Gogoi against him, the BJP MP said: "Do I look like scared? I know what people want. I have been with them in their hour of need. This time, the margin will increase dramatically. I will win by a margin of a minimum of two lakh votes. Following the delimitation exercise, the number of voters in Jorhat has increased with an electorate of 17.5 lakh.”