Veteran Congress leader Anand Sharma resigned as the chairman of the party’s foreign affairs department on Sunday to help in its reconstitution and enable bringing in younger leaders.

The BJP has rubbished the “fake voter” allegations of the Congress, and accused Rahul Gandhi of “demeaning” constitutional bodies under the “pressure of foreign and anti-India forces”.

Leaders of the All Indian United Democratic Front, a key opposition party in Assam, accused Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of failing to maintain law and order in the state.