India, Feb. 28 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Raebareli MP Rahul Gandhi held extensive meetings with Assam Congress leaders in Delhi on Thursday to discuss the party's strategy for the 2026 Assam assembly elections.

The 2.5-hour long meeting, held at the party's Indira Bhawan headquarters, was attended by senior leaders, including AICC general secretary KC Venugopal, deputy leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi, Assam Congress president Bhupen Borah, and Assam in-charge Jitendra Singh.

"Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi spoke to the leadership of every state going to polls next year. They listened to us and instructed us to move forward. If we have to save democracy in Assam, the corrupt BJP...