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Keeping up with UP: After Bengal, Bihar euphoria, BJP out to keep the momentum going in seven states

Keeping up with UP: After Bengal, Bihar euphoria, BJP out to keep the momentum going in seven states

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After winning in two electorally tough states — West Bengal and Bihar — the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is preparing for important assembly polls next year. BJP workers celebrate during a rally in support of newly sworn-in West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. (PTI) Assembly elections are scheduled in Punjab, where the BJP is still a fledgling party and Uttar Pradesh (UP), where it will be seeking a third consecutive term under chief minister Yogi Adityanath. In all, seven states will go to the polls next year: Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Gujarat. Of these, the BJP rules five states, while Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) govern one each. First, UP, the most populous state, sends key national leaders to the Lok Sabha; the current UP LS members list includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, defence minister Rajnath Singh, and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. Their slogan ‘Jai Sri Ram’ emanated from the land where the three prime Hindu religious shrines – Ayodhya, Mathura, and Kashi—exist. Riding high on …

Defeat of BJP must to save Assam, says citizen forum

Defeat of BJP must to save Assam, says citizen forum

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The Assam Nagorik Sanmilani, led by academician Hiren Gohain and retired IPS officer Harekrishna Deka, said that the BJP’s divisive politics has “hollowed out the Assamese identity from within”. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Days after activist-turned-MLA Akhil Gogoi’s Raijor Dal to join the Congress-led bloc, a citizens’ collective said the Opposition unity must translate into an anti-BJP verdict in the April 9 Assembly election in Assam. The Assam Nagorik Sanmilani, led by academician Hiren Gohain and retired IPS officer Harekrishna Deka, said that the BJP’s divisive politics has “hollowed out the Assamese identity from within”. It said that the BJP-led government handed over the State’s vital natural resources to multinationals over the past 10 years. “The rule of law has vanished; the Chief Minister’s word now passes for law. The people of Assam have no choice but to remove this government, and another five years in power would spell disaster for ordinary citizens,” it said in a statement on Sunday. Insisting that the decision of six Opposition parties to strike a seat-sharing deal …

Assam Assembly Election Dates Announced: Voting On April 9, Results On May 4 | India News

Assam Assembly Election Dates Announced: Voting On April 9, Results On May 4 | India News

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Last Updated:March 15, 2026, 17:57 IST Assam Assembly election 2026 date Election Commission of India (PTI File) The Election Commission of India (EC) announced dates for assembly elections in Assam Sunday. The voting will take place on April 9, 2026, and counting of votes will take place on May 4, 2026. Assam has a 126-member assembly and 64 seats are needed for a simple majority. Besides Assam, the EC has also declared poll dates for three other states — Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal — and one Union Territory — Puducherry. Date of Issue of Gazette Notification: 16.03.2026 (Monday) Last Date for making Nominations: 23.03.2026 (Monday) Date for the scrutiny of Nominations: 24.03.2026 (Tuesday) Last date for the withdrawal of candidatures: 26.03.2026 (Thursday) Date of Poll: 09.04.2026 (Thursday) Date of Counting: 04.05.2026 (Monday) Date before which election shall be completed: 06.05.2026 (Wednesday) In 2021, the elections in Assam were held in three phases wherein the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies had won 75 of the state’s 126 assembly constituencies. BJP won 60 seats …

Indigenous presence stronger in 103 Assembly seats: Assam BJP

Indigenous presence stronger in 103 Assembly seats: Assam BJP

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma indicated that the Bengali Muslims are in a majority in the remaining 23 constituencies. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Assam unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, on Sunday (November 23, 2025), claimed a stronger “indigenous presence” in 103 of the State’s 126 Assembly constituencies compared to half a decade ago. The party attributed this trend to the delimitation exercise in 2023, and the “significant progress” made in securing the political and land rights of the State’s indigenous communities under the leadership of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. “…the recent delimitation exercise reportedly ensured that more than 103 Assembly constituencies would now reflect a stronger indigenous presence, an outcome the party described as a major step toward long-standing political safeguards,” the BJP said in a statement. The Chief Minister indicated that the Bengali Muslims are in a majority in the remaining 23 constituencies. “The Congress party will contest 22 seats (in the 2023 Assembly elections). Miyas are the oxygen of Congress, and the party’s politics revolves around them,” he …

Assam | The drama of deportation

Assam | The drama of deportation

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As Assam gears up for assembly election early next year, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has already set a combative tone for the campaign. In recent months, his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has launched an aggressive, and legally contentious, drive to identify and deport “illegal Bangladeshis”. This move has involved reviving decades-old laws, sidelining the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and stirring a combustible mix of security, identity and religion in the state’s political discourse. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Assam BJP Chief Lambasts Minister In Presence Of CM Sarma In An Event | Watch

Assam BJP Chief Lambasts Minister In Presence Of CM Sarma In An Event | Watch

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Last Updated:April 16, 2025, 22:12 IST In the viral video clip, Saikia can be seen scolding Baruah, who is the MLA from Nalbari constituency. He also reportedly instructed local party officials to remove the mandal president from the scene The screengrab of the viral video of Assam BJP chief Dilip Saikia shouting at an event (X) Assam BJP Altercation: A purported video of Assam BJP President Dilip Saikia scolding state cabinet minister Jayanta Malla Baruah in front of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has gained widespread attention, with the opposition Congress mocking the ruling party. The incident took place at Bahjani in Nalbari district during inauguration of the new Mandal office by Sarma on Sunday. In the viral video clip, Saikia can be seen scolding Baruah, who is the MLA from Nalbari constituency. He also reportedly instructed local party officials to remove the mandal president from the scene. Sarma can be seen standing next to Baruah, while Saikia looked agitated. It was however difficult to hear what Saikia was shouting about, but he was allegedly seen pointing …

BJP’s Top Muslim Leader In Assam Joins Congress A Month Before Polls

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Guwahati: A month before the Lok Sabha elections in Assam, the ruling BJP’s top minority leader in the state resigned and joined the Congress on Wednesday. Aminul Haque Laskar became the Assam BJP’s first minority MLA in 2016. Once a deputy speaker of Assam assembly, Mr Laskar was appointed the chairperson of the Assam State Commission for Minorities. In 2021, he lost to All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF)’s Karim Uddin Barbhuiya. The leader told NDTV that he chose to resign as the BJP “lost its political ideology” in Assam. “I had been with BJP for 13 years, the BJP of those days and now is lot different. That time BJP used to talk about change,” he said. The leader joined Congress in the presence of party’s Assam in-charge Jitendra Singh Alwar on Wednesday. Mr Laskar also warned that his exit will affect the ruling party’s credibility among the minority community and alleged that the BJP’s ideology was now becoming similar to Badruddin Ajmal’s AIUDF. “When I became BJP MLA in 2016 , I was …

PM Modi unveils development projects in Assam, accuses Congress of ignoring Northeast

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during a public meeting, in Jorhat district. | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled development projects worth ₹17,500 crore in Assam on March 9. The PM unveiled the projects strengthening the health, oil and gas, railway and housing sectors at a function in Jorhat. He laid the foundation stone of projects under the Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for North Eastern Region (PM-DevINE) scheme. Among these projects are a Medical College and Hospital at Sivasagar and a Hemato-Lymphoid Centre in Guwahati. Also Read | Congress would have taken 20 years to do what we did in 5 years in Northeast: PM Modi He also laid the foundation stone for the capacity expansions of the Digboi Refinery from 0.65 to 1 mmtpa and Guwahati Refinery from 1.0 to 1.2 mmtpa, among others. Mr. Modi inaugurated a new medical college and hospital at Tinsukia and the 718-km-long Barauni- Guwahati Pipeline, built at a cost of about ₹3,992 crore. He also inaugurated about 5.5 lakh homes under PM Awas Yojana-Gramin, constructed at …