Assam: Former Congress working president Rana Goswami joins BJP

The grand joining function was held at Vajpayee Bhawan in Guwahati.

HM Amit Shah assures to lift AFSPA from entire NE if permanent peace returns

BJP today harped on the development agenda in Assam and the entire Northeast. The top BJP leadership lambasted the Congress for misrule.

Himanta Biswa Sarma set to be next Assam CM

BJP strongman Himanta Biswa Sarma is all set to be the next chief minister of Assam. Sarma will replace Sarbananda Sonowal to lead the first ever non-Congress government for a second term. The swearing-in ceremony is likely to be held at the Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra on Monday. The announcement came after the newly-elected legislative members […]

BJP releases manifesto for Assam Assembly elections

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday released its manifesto for Assam Assembly polls and promised to work on a corrected National Register of Citizens (NRC) for state’s protection. The manifesto, released by BJP National President JP Nadda, promised to protect “genuine Indian citizens and to detect infiltrators” to ensure the Ahom civilization stays safe. “We […]

Will tea garden workers look at Rs 5,000 in bank accounts or 5 leaves plucked by Priyanka Gandhi? asks Assam BJP chief

Taking a dig at Congress general secretary for Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi’s visit to the tea gardens in poll-bound Assam and an attempt at plucking the leaves, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Assam chief Ranjit Dass on Friday said women working at tea gardens will vote for BJP government schemes and not for the stunt ahead […]

BJP CEC meets to finalise candidates for Assam, West Bengal

The BJP’s central election committee (CEC) met on Thursday to finalise party candidates for the initial phases of assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam, two of the four states going to the elections besides the union territory of Puducherry. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Shah along with […]

Nadda to announce alliance with AGP and UPPL, says Assam BJP Chief

BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda will announce an alliance with Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) for the upcoming Assembly elections in Assam on Thursday, said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Assam president Ranjeet Kumar Dass. “Our national president JP Nadda will announce an alliance with AGP and UPPL for the […]

Assam BJP’s core group to meet today over state Assembly elections

A meeting of Assam BJP’s core group over the state Assembly elections will be held in Delhi on Wednesday. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other BJP leaders will meet the party’s national president JP Nadda ahead of the Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting. A meeting of the CEC will be […]

Former BJP ally BPF joins Congress-led alliance before polls in Assam

Ahead of the Assam Assembly elections, the Bodoland Peoples’ Front or BPF on Saturday announced that it was quitting the NDA alliance headed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joining the Congress-led coalition. “To work for Peace, Unity, and Development and to bring a stable government, free from corruption in Assam, the Bodoland Peoples’ Front […]