In a major political shock that confirms what many had doubted till now, it is now clear that Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi truly has an agent inside the Assam BJP. This comes after state BJP president Dilip Saikia’s own statement today, which indirectly admitted the presence of an insider. Speaking at a press conference in the BJP office, Saikia tried to rubbish Gogoi’s claims but instead ended up revealing that a BJP-appointed Booth Level Agent (BLA) had leaked a screenshot from a January 4 video conference (VC). This directly proves Gogoi’s long-standing claim that he has people inside the BJP giving him information and it also strengthens his charges of voter list manipulation ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.
Gogoi, the Sivasagar MLA, has often said that he gets inside details from “agents” within the BJP’s internal network. On January 5, he went further, alleging that during the January 4 VC, Saikia had instructed BJP leaders to identify and delete “anti-BJP” voters from electoral rolls under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Gogoi claimed each constituency was given a target of 10,000 deletions, with Minister Ashok Singhal supervising the process in 60 key seats. Calling it “electoral theft,” Gogoi challenged Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to release the VC recording and even offered to undergo a narco test to prove he had private intelligence sources.
Responding today, Saikia called Gogoi a “liar without moral strength” and said he was misleading the public. He referred to a screenshot of the VC which he said was first posted on Facebook by Binod Konwar (alias Harsh), the BLA-01 of the Dimow constituency, on January 4, and later reshared by Gogoi on January 6. Saikia claimed this proved “coordination” between the BLA and Gogoi. But instead of weakening Gogoi’s claims, this actually exposed the fact that a BJP insider leaked sensitive VC details. Analysts say Saikia, in trying to attack Gogoi, has ended up confirming BJP’s internal breach. 
Many observers now see Saikia’s move as a serious misstep. The BJP chief, known for strict party discipline, has unintentionally confirmed what Gogoi had been hinting at for months. His attempt to discredit Gogoi has instead strengthened the Raijor Dal leader’s credibility. Though Saikia repeated that “Akhil Gogoi has no political strength,” today’s developments suggest that internal leaks are real and troubling for the ruling party.
Adding to this, Raijor Dal General Secretary and Spokesperson Rasel Hussain told Northeast Scoop that Gogoi’s allegations of mass voter deletions are true. He said that in Barkhetri Assembly constituency alone, around 17,000 names were reportedly deleted. “It is absolutely true,” Hussain said. He alleged that deletions mainly target anti-BJP voters so they cannot vote during elections.
Hussain further claimed that across eight constituencies under the Barpeta parliamentary seat, Congress-leaning areas saw 82,000 deletions, while BJP areas lost fewer voters and gained elsewhere. He said more than 53,000 deletions happened in just two months, and even alleged that voters were being moved in from Bihar to increase BJP support. According to him, this is not simple electoral roll cleaning, but political and ethnic engineering designed to weaken minority voters.
These allegations also match recent Election Commission records showing 10.56 lakh deletions in the December 2025 draft rolls after house-to-house verification, triggering opposition protests over “vote chor.” Saikia defended the SIR exercise as necessary for a “foreigner-free Assam,” linking it to broader welfare and employment claims. At the same time, he accused leaders like Akhil Gogoi, Lurinjyoti Gogoi and Gaurav Gogoi of supporting illegal immigrants through “dangerous mindsets.”
