Bjp In Assam

Assam BJP Slams Citizens' List Officer For Rejected Re-Verification Plea

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Thursday July 25, 2019

The BJP in Assam lashed out at the official overseeing the National Register of Citizens, a list to weed out illegal settlers, accusing him of working for "some vested interest" on Wednesday.

BJP Improves Tally In Assam, Bags Nine Of 14 Seats

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2019

The BJP has surpassed its 2014 tally in Assam, securing nine of the 14 Lok Sabha seats, even as its allies, the AGP and the BPF, drew a blank in the state.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Unhappy With Congress Decision In Fight Against BJP In Assam, AIUDF Chief To NDTV

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Friday April 19, 2019

Speaking exclusively to NDTV, Badaruddin Ajmal, the chief of the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), has claimed he had a "gentleman's agreement" with the Congress to fight the BJP but the party has now gone back on its promise.

BJP's Northeast Hopes Ride On Jet-Setting Himanta Biswa Sarma

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday April 9, 2019

Himanta Biswa Sarma is the man that the BJP hopes will win it more than 20 seats in a region where it once had zero presence. In 2014, the BJP won eight of Northeast's 25 Lok Sabha seats, all of which vote in the first three rounds of the national election starting Thursday.

BJP Drops 5 Of 7 Sitting Lawmakers To Fight Anti-Incumbency In Assam

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhary | Sunday March 24, 2019

Denying firebrand leader Himanta Biswa Sarma a Lok Sabha ticket is not the only surprise to be pulled by the BJP in Assam this election season. The party, which is eyeing maximum gain from the state in the upcoming polls, has dropped five of its seven sitting parliamentarians in an attempt to counter anti-incumbency.

BJP Leader Ram Prasad Sarmah Quits Party Over Denial Of Ticket

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday March 16, 2019

In a jolt to the BJP in Assam, its sitting MP from Tezpur Ram Prasad Sarmah Saturday announced that he quit the saffron fold and alleged neglect of old workers by "new intruders in the party"

BJP Gets Back Assam Ally, Citizenship Bill Issue Set Aside For Polls

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Wednesday March 13, 2019

Two months after severing ties with the ruling BJP in Assam over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, a regional party in the state, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), has returned to the alliance ahead of the national election.

BJP Wins Assam Panchayat Elections With 42% Seats

Guwahati News | Press Trust of India | Friday December 21, 2018

The BJP in Assam emerged as the single largest party in the three-tier panchayat elections by bagging 42 per cent of the total seats, while the Congress came second securing 34 per cent.

BJP's Assam Ally Threatens Pullout After Centre Bats For Hindu Refugees

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhary | Wednesday October 31, 2018

The Asom Gana Parishad has threatened to break its alliance with the BJP in Assam accusing it of trying to give citizenship to Bangladeshi Hindus. The AGP's allegation comes after the union ministry of home affairs issued a notification empowering district magistrates and state home secretaries in the seven states to grant certificate of naturalisa...

After "Civil War, Bloodbath" Remark, Police Case Against Mamata Banerjee

India News | Edited By Soumyajit Majumder | Wednesday August 1, 2018

Mamata Banerjee has been accused of inciting "hate and tension" among communities in a police complaint filed by activists of the ruling BJP in Assam, hours after she warned of a "civil war and bloodbath" over a list of citizens that leaves out 40 lakh people from the northeastern state.

Armed Forces Apolitical: Government In Lok Sabha

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 7, 2018

The armed forces are "apolitical", the government today asserted in the Lok Sabha, weeks after Army chief Bipin Rawat's comment that the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) was growing faster than the BJP in Assam sparked a row.

BJP In Assam Calls Emergency Meet On 'Mr 10%' Controversy

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Thursday October 5, 2017

The BJP in Assam is holding an emergency meeting on Saturday to discuss the claim aired by a party MP of ministers demanding kickbacks for contracts.

Congress Seeks Revival In Assam Riding On Anti-Notes Ban Wave

Guwahati News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Sunday January 8, 2017

After the major poll debacle in Assam last year, the Congress that ruled the state for 15 years is trying to regroup itself on the plank of the notes ban issue and return as a formidable opposition party in the state. While many of its leaders have moved to BJP and some have chosen total isolation, only a few can be seen in the party offices across...

For Sarbananda Sonowal's Oath, PM Modi And 14 Chief Ministers In Assam: 10 Facts

India News | Reported by Sandeep Phukan | Wednesday May 25, 2016

Sarbananda Sonowal, 53, took oath on Tuesday evening as Chief Minister of Assam as the head of the BJP's first government in the North East. Present, in a massive show of strength, were Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and 14 chief ministers of states ruled by the BJP and its allies. However, two major allies - the Shiv Sena and th...

From Student Politics To Chief Minister: Sarbananda Sonowal's Steady Rise To Top

People | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 24, 2016

From student politics to joining Asom Gana Parishador AGP, then switching to the saffron party and becoming a Union Minister, BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate in Assam Sarbanada Sonowal's journey to the peak has been a steady climb marked by twists and turns.