AGP welcome to return to NDA fold, says BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam BJP leader and state Finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that doors are open for AGP if it returns to NDA fold. Speaking to the Hindustan Times over the Asom Gana Parishad’s decision to withdraw support to the Assam government over the contentious Citizenship Bill, which seeks to give citizenship rights to non-Muslims […]

Counting of votes for Assam Panchayat polls underway

Counting of votes for Assam Panchayat polls is underway across the state. The BJP seems to clearly enjoy an advantage so far with the party clearly heading as per the latest figures are concerned. As per latest reports, the BJP is leading in 565 gaon panchayat member seats while AGP is ahead in only 89 […]

Campaigning for first phase Panchayat polls ends in Assam; parties carry out intense campaigning across state

Campaigning for Assam’s most politically divided Panchayat polls comes to an end this afternoon with the BJP and its alliance partner Asom Gana Parishad not only battling each other but also engaged in an unprecedented war of words. The opposition Congress and the AIUDF are the two other main political players in the fray but […]

Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi asks AGP to snap ties with BJP

Just a day after the ruling BJP in Assam launched its first major offensive against ally AGP over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill saying that the AGP has no moral right to oppose the Bill. Senior Congress leader and former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi added a new twist to the ongoing friction in the BJP-AGP […]

After AGP, now Cong fields rhino poacher for panchayat polls in Assam

After AGP’s controversial move to give ticket to a convicted poacher, now Congress has raised eyebrows among people by giving party ticket to an alleged poacher in the upcoming Panchayat elections. Dilwar Hussain, arrested twice in connection with poaching of rhinoceros, has been awarded a ticket by the Congress party to contest for the panchayat […]

Assam BJP president Ranjit Das stirs controversy

Assam BJP President Ranjit Das has stirred major controversy by saying that it would be ethically correct for alliance partner, Asom Gana Parishad to quit the government and coalition and continue with its protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Speaking to Northeast Live Editor-in-Chief Wasbir Hussain on the show Northeast Tonight, Das said he would […]

Poacher to contest panchayat polls in AGP ticket

While political parties are distributing tickets to their candidates for the upcoming Panchayat Polls, the Asom Gana Parishad has raised quite a few eyebrows by giving ticket to a convicted poacher. AGP have given the ticket for the post of president of the Mori Dhansiri village Panchayat to notorious poacher Ganesh Doley, who has been […]

AGP should contest Panchayat polls alone: Prafulla Kumar Mahanta

At a time when campaigning for Panchayat Elections in Assam is picking up pace, AGP leader and former Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has said that the AGP should contest the upcoming Panchayat polls in the state on its own. He said that it would be beneficial for the AGP to contest the panchayat […]

AGP gears up for Panchayat polls in Assam

The Asom Gana Parishad in Assam is gearing up for the upcoming Panchayat polls in the state. Keeping in view the upcoming Panchayat polls, AGP leader and Assam Agriculture minister Atul Bora was at Bokakhat in Assam’s Golaghat district campaigning for his party. Atul Bora attended a convention of Asom Gana Parishad’s women unit in […]