The new West Bengal Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi today claimed that the 2019 Lok Sabha polls would be fought between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and "the rest of India" and his party would form government in the Centre.
A close confidante of Rahul Gandhi, Gogoi, who took over the charge of the party's state unit from C P Joshi last month,
Son of former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, junior
Asked how does he plan to counter the TMC in the state which has been poaching on the Congress MLAs and its elected representatives during the last few years, he said "it is too early to reveal our strategy."
Gogoi said he would act as a bridge between the party high command and the state leadership and decisions would be taken in the "best interest of the party."
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