Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi (File image)
Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi (File image)

Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said the state Congress will support the new regional party if formed before the 2021 assembly election.

Gogoi was addressing the media in Guwahati on Thursday.

“The Assam Congress will support the new regional political party when it is formed,” Gogoi said.

“We will support the new regional political party to fight against BJP,” he reiterated.

AASU president Dipanka Nath on Wednesday hinted of forming a new political party, details of which would be revealed in February.

“It is good that some of them are planning to form a new regional political party. I welcome their decision,” Gogoi further said extending his support to Nath.