Assam Polls 2021

Congress "Propaganda" On CAA Failed To Mislead People In Assam: Minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 4, 2021

Congress and other opposition parties in Assam are using Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as a "propaganda" to mislead the people in the polls but they have failed to peddle lies, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said on Sunday.

80.96 Per Cent Voting In 2nd Phase Of Assam Polls According To Updated Figure

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 3, 2021

The final poll percentage for the second phase of assembly polls in Assam is 80.96 per cent, 1.03 per cent more than the first phase total of 79.93 per cent, election officials said on Friday.

BJP's Himanta Sarma Dances At Assam Rally, Sidesteps Chief Minister Buzz

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Monday March 29, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP parliamentary board will decide who the next Chief Minister of Assam will be and that was none of his concern, state Cabinet Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said. Expressing confidence at his party's victory in the ongoing Assembly polls, he downplayed the Bodoland People's Front and its chief, Hagrama Mohi...

NRC Correction, Flood Control Find Place In BJP's Election Manifesto For Assam

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 24, 2021

BJP national president JP Nadda today released the party's manifesto for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, promising to protect the political rights of people through a delimitation exercise.

Watch: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tries Hand At Plucking Tea Leaves In Assam

India News | Edited by Stela Dey | Tuesday March 2, 2021

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra plucks tea leaves and interacts with tea garden workers in Assam's Biswanath, photos and videos shared today on Twitter show.

Watch: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's 'Jhumur' Dance With Tea Tribes Of Assam

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Stela Dey | Monday March 1, 2021

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra holds hands and participates in a traditional 'Jhumur' dance with young teens of the tea tribes of Assam's Lakhimpur, shows a video shared by the party on Twitter.

Assam, Northeast Will Soon Be Top Contributors To India's GDP: Amit Shah

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Thursday February 25, 2021

Union Home minister Amit Shah today continued to play the "development" theme in Assam and for India's northeast, promising to make them a developmental hub. He is on one of his frequent visits to the state in the run up to the state Assembly polls. Speaking in Nagaon district of the state, he sought to, once again, draw a contrast between the earl...

Assam's Development Our Priority, Correcting Historical Mistake: PM Modi

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 19, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Thursday he is correcting the "historical mistake" committed by governments since Independence of neglecting Assam, as he gifted a bouquet of development projects worth about Rs 10,000 crore to the state ahead of the assembly polls.

Amit Shah Promises "Infiltrator-Free", "Flood-Free" Assam, Skips CAA

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Sunday January 24, 2021

The BJP, with its allies, will form the next Assam government, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today, basing his forecast on the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) victory his party scored last December in alliance with the hardliner United People's Party Liberal (UPPL). Speaking in Kokrajhar today, he also reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Mod...

Netaji Anniversary, Land Allotment: PM Modi Set For West Bengal, Assam Poll Campaign

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Thursday January 21, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the poll-bound states of West Bengal and Assam over the coming weekend celebrating Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's birth anniversary in Kolkata and allotting land pattas in Sivasagar districts. This is likely to be the first of his many visits to the two states as they head for assembly elections in a few months...

Assam's New Bhakti Movement Will Stamp Out Armed Movements, Says Amit Shah

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Saturday December 26, 2020

A week after his high-decibel visit to West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah today arrived in neighbouring Assam, which, too, goes to polls in a few months from now. His two-day visit to the northeast region began with much fanfare as he landed around mid-night (December 25-26) at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati,...

Assam Polls 2021: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat In State To Boost Pracharaks' Morale

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Thursday December 3, 2020

Ahead of the 2021 legislative assembly polls in Assam, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is taking stock of the "political and social" situation in the northeastern state.