Guwahati, Aug. 4 -- Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi declared that a future Congress-led government would reclaim land allegedly "illegally" occupied by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his cabinet colleagues and redistribute it to the poor.

He made the statement while addressing the media after the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee's Extended Executive Meeting in Guwahati.

Gogoi accused the current BJP-led government of betraying public trust and claimed that people across Assam were growing increasingly dissatisfied and ready for political change.

"The land taken over by the chief minister and his ministers-while pretending to safeguard land rights-will go back to the people," Gogoi said.

He announced that, if elected in 2...