India, Dec. 29 -- The Opposition Congress has announced that it will contest 100 of the 126 assembly seats in Assam, which is due to go to the polls early next year, and ally with other parties, excluding "communal" All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), to defeat the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"To defeat the anti-people BJP, Congress would contest the assembly elections by forming alliances with like-minded parties. We will field candidates in 100 seats. The remaining seats would be left to alliance partners," said Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday at an event in Tezpur marking the party's 141st foundation day.

Gogoi, the deputy leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, described the AIUDF as a "communal" party and...