Assam Assembly polls News

Maharashtra government announced that it will impose a night curfew from Sunday (March 28) West Bengal reported 82 per cent voter turnout in the first phase of the state assembly election PM Narendra Modi will greet the nation with Mann Ki Baat on Sunday (March 28).

JP Nadda will release BJP manifesto for Assam polls on Tuesday He will be on a two-day visit to Assam and West Bengal from Monday BJP released manifesto for West Bengal polls on Sunday

HM Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh will visit Assam on March 14 Polling for the 126-member Assam assembly will be held on March 27 The counting of votes will take place on May 2

The Army deployed in poll-bound Assam neutralized a terrorist in Talpathar village in Tinsukia district today and recovered arms from his possession. 

Qutubuddin Ansari, a tailor whose image of grief-stricken face and folded hands came to symbolise the agony of the victims of 2002 Gujarat riots, has taken a strong exception to Congress' decision of using his pictures for its election campaign in Assam.

“Modi is conspicuous by his silence on the issue of evicted Bengalis in Assam.” 

The comparison has been done to understand the trend of engagement of money and muscle power along with other details of the candidates, an official release said.

Authorities have seized 7,85,633 litres of liquor from various parts of the state since the polling dates were announced on March 4.

Slamming the BJP-led alliance in Assam as coming together of "two dangerous forces of communalism and divisiveness", Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "insulting" people of the state and going back on promises of development.

The Election Commission has directed the authorities in Assam to review "vulnerable locations" and prepare the poll security plan from the grassroot level keeping in mind the weaker sections.

Union minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said that Bharatiya Janata Party is in a very strong position in Assam and will form the government there. 

Over 6.75 lakh youths will cast their votes for the first time in Assam in the forthcoming Assembly elections due in April.

The BJP and AGP will jointly fight the coming assembly elections as announced by former Chief Minister and AGP leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta.

The Bodoland People's Front on Sunday announced that it would support BJP in the upcoming Assam Assembly polls.

Assam CM Tarun Gogoi favours a realignment of political forces, including the AIUDF, to fight the BJP on a single platform.