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Assam polls Phase II voting: 21.71 percent voter turnout recorded till 11 am
Assam recorded a voter turnout of 21.71 percent till 11 am across 39 constituencies in 13 districts during the second phase of the state assembly elections, as per data provided by the Election Commission of India. The Rangia constituency has witnessed the highest voting percentage with a voter turnout of 35.58 per cent, while Lumding […]
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Voting temporarily halted due to EVM malfunction in Assam’s Silchar, Nagaon
Voting for the second and penultimate phase of Assam assembly elections on Thursday was temporarily stopped at polling stations at Silchar and Nagaon due to EVM malfunctions. In Silchar, the polling station number 146 at Nirtamoyee Balika Vidyalaya reported the malfunction, while the breakdown in Nagaon was reported at polling station number 26 at Nowgong […]
4 years ago
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Assam polls Phase II voting: 10.51% voter turnout till 9 am
10.51 percent voter turnout have been recorded till 9 am in the second phase of polling in Assam Assembly elections spread over 39 constituencies, according to the Election Commission of India. Former MoS Railways and BJP leader Rajen Gohain cast his vote in the early hours at a polling booth in Nagaon. “BJP will get […]
4 years ago
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Rahul Gandhi offers prayers at Kamakhya Temple
Congress leader and former party president Rahul Gandhi visited the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati on Wednesday morning. Gandhi was accompanied by Assam State Congress chief Ripun Bora and other party leaders. Speaking to mediapersons later, Rahul said, “Unlike the BJP, Congress party keeps the promises made to the people during the elections.” He said that […]
4 years ago
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Congress is so helpless, it’s taking AIUDF’s support to keep itself politically alive: Smriti Irani
Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani on Tuesday said that Congress is so helpless that it is taking AIUDF’s support to keep itself politically alive. “The Congress is so helpless that it is taking AIUDF’s support to keep itself politically alive. There’s a phrase ‘Doobte ko tinke ka sahara’ (a person in a desperate […]
4 years ago
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264 ‘crorepati’ candidates in fray in Assam assembly polls
A total of 264 ‘crorepati’ candidates, comprising 27.90 percent of the final 946 contestants, are engaged in the battle of ballots in Assam for 126 assembly constituencies in three phases. The richest candidate in the arena is the United Peoples Party, Liberal (UPPL)s Kokrajhar West (ST) contestant Manaranjan Brahma, with total assets worth Rs 268 […]
4 years ago
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Congress lodges FIR against Sonowal, Nadda, 8 Assam newspapers over BJP advertisement
The Congress has filed a police complaint against Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP chief JP Nadda, state president Ranjeet Kumar Dass and eight leading newspapers for “camouflaging an advertisement as news” predicting the party’s victory in all the seats in Upper Assam that went to polls in the first phase on March 27. The […]
4 years ago
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Assam polls: Amid campaigning for 2nd phase, leaders of different political parties celebrate Holi
As the campaigning for the second phase of Assam Assembly elections ends tomorrow, political parties in the state are making all out efforts to attract the voters. With the festival of colours coinciding with the state assembly polls, leaders from all political parties were seen celebrating Holi with the general public amid election campaigning. The festival […]
4 years ago
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People want Congress back in Assam, says state party chief Ripun Bora
Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora on Saturday said that people want Congress in Assam where the polling for the phase of state Assembly polls is underway. “The way the people of Gohpur have come out spontaneously, it is a clear singal that people want change and wants Congress this time,” Bora said. The Assam Congress […]
4 years ago
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No impact of CAA-NRC on polls, people will vote BJP back to power in Assam: CM Sonowal
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday asserted that people in the state are aware that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) would not affect them and they will vote BJP back to power. “We have worked for the people of Assam in the last five years. People are […]
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