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Assam Assembly introduces UCC Bill, third state after Uttarakhand and Gujarat

Assam Assembly introduces UCC Bill, third state after Uttarakhand and Gujarat

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The Assam government on Monday introduced the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in the state Assembly, nearly two weeks after the state Cabinet approved the draft legislation. If passed, Assam will become the third state in the country after Uttarakhand and Gujarat to enact a Uniform Civil Code law. The Bill, titled “The Uniform Civil Code, Assam, Bill, 2026”, was tabled in the Assembly by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Atul Bora on behalf of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Bill likely to be discussed on May 27 According to Assembly proceedings, the proposed legislation is expected to be taken up for discussion and possible passage on May 27. The Assam Cabinet had approved the draft Bill on May 13 during its first meeting after the formation of the new government. At the time, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had announced that the legislation would be introduced during the ongoing Assembly session held between May 21 and May 26. The BJP-led government has described the proposed law as an effort to bring uniformity in certain civil matters …

BJP sweeps Upper Assam; Congress wins few seats in Lower Assam, Barak Valley

BJP sweeps Upper Assam; Congress wins few seats in Lower Assam, Barak Valley

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The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday secured a historic win in Assam after winning in 82 of the 90 seats it contested in. The BJP managed to secure some wins in Lower Assam and Barak Valley as well. (@himantabiswa) The ruling BJP swept almost all of the seats in Upper Assam where the party secured wins in 33 of the 35 seats with just one each being bagged by Congress and its ally Raijor Dal. The same trend continued in central Assam and the three hill districts where BJP along with its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) bagged almost all seats ceding just three seats, two to All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and one by Raijor Dal. Also Read: BJP daydreaming, will never assume power in Punjab: Mann “This is an unprecedented victory in Assam’s electoral politics. We don’t know if such success can be repeated or overcome in coming years,” chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated in Guwahati. The BJP managed to secure some wins in Lower Assam and Barak Valley …

AGP chief Atul Bora eyes historic third straight win at the gateway to Kaziranga| India News

AGP chief Atul Bora eyes historic third straight win at the gateway to Kaziranga| India News

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Atul Bora is a leader of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) party fighting the election from the Bokakhat seat. He remains a crucial figure in Assam politics due to his role as the pragmatic “bridge-builder” between regionalist Assamese aspirations and the national-level goals of the NDA. Golaghat: Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) President and candidate from Bokakhat constituency Atul Bora shows his ink-marked finger after casting vote during the Assam Assembly elections, at a polling station at Bokakhat, in Golaghat district. (PTI) Bora, who rose to prominence during the historic Assam Movement, has filed his candidacy from this seat to secure a historic “hat-trick” victory. His primary support comes from the indigenous Assamese communities, particularly the Tea community, the Gorkhas, and the Mishing and Karbi tribes in the gateway region of Kaziranga. 5 key facts about Atul Bora For the 2026 elections, his party, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), is contesting 26 seats as part of the ruling alliance. This maintains the party’s 2021 footprint, reinforcing its position as the primary regional partner within the BJP-led …

Lone rangers flex their muscle against alliances in Assam battle

Lone rangers flex their muscle against alliances in Assam battle

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A polling official demonstrates how to use electronic voting machines during training for government employees ahead of the Assam legislative assembly election in Guwahati, India, on March 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The “non-aligned” political parties may be the dark horses in Assam’s electoral battle between two blocs — the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Asom Sonmiloto Morcha (ASM). Mandate 2026 is largely expected to be a straight fight between the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA and the Congress-led ASM across Assam’s 126 Assembly seats. Harvesting anxiety: On Assam, its Assembly election The BJP has three allies — the Asom Gana Parishad, the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), and the Rabha Hasong Joutha Mancha. The Congress has five partners in the ASM — two of the Left Front, two sired the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act stir of 2019, and a hill-based tribal party. The two blocs are gung-ho about victory on April 9, the day of voting. However, the neutral parties have been gaining in confidence as the D-Day approaches. The most confident among these parties …

CAA won’t impact indigenous people; NDA will win at least 12 seats in Assam: Sarbananda Sonowal

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Asserting that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) will not impact the indigenous people of Assam, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on March 20 said the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will win at least 12 of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the State in the upcoming general elections. In an interview to PTI, the Union Ports, Shipping, Waterways and Ayush Minister claimed that all sections of society, irrespective of caste, creed and religion, are happy with the NDA government as it has protected their interests over the last 10 years. AIUDF announces candidates for Lok Sabha polls in Assam “CAA is a national law. Whatever the situation the Opposition is creating with baseless provocative statements, this is not going to affect the concern of common and very knowledgeable citizens of Assam,” he said. “The common people know that the law is not going to affect their interest and after the publication of the rules, they have come to the reality of the pros and cons of the act,” said Mr. Sonowal, who is the BJP …

Assam Lok Sabha polls | BJP to contest 11 seats, leaves three for allies AGP, UPPL

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. | Photo Credit: ANI The BJP will contest 11 seats in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls in Assam, leaving three for its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL), Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on February 29. Among the other Northeastern States, it will support the NDPP candidate in Nagaland, while the details are being worked out in the other States, Mr. Sarma, who is also the convenor of the BJP-led North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), said. The AGP will contest from Barpeta and Dhubri, while UPPL will field its candidate in Kokrajhar. The allies will support each other’s candidates in all the 14 constituencies in Assam, he said. “Yesterday, BJP state chief Bhabesh Kalita and I had a meeting with our national president J. P. Nadda, Union Home minister Amit Shah and our national general secretary B.L. Santosh, during which seat-sharing was discussed,” he told a press conference at the party headquarters in Guwahati. He said UPPL had requested for the Kokrajhar …