Assam polls: BJP releases list of star campaigners

Ahead of the three-phased Assam Assembly elections scheduled to take place from March 27, the BJP on Monday released the list of star campaigners for the upcoming polls. The ruling party’s star campaigner list includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP National President JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah among others. Here's the list of star […]

Assam Assembly elections: High profile candidates submit nomination for first phase

The countdown for the first phase of assembly polls in Assam has begun with party candidates filing their nominations. Several senior leaders of various political parties submitted their nomination papers on Monday. The nomination filing process was a grand affair for most of the candidates with parties exhibiting a massive show of strength on the […]

Atul Bora, Ajanta Neog file nominations for Assam Assembly polls

Candidates of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally Asom Gana Parishad  (AGP) on Monday filed their nominations for the first phase of Assam Assembly elections, to be held on March 27. BJP candidate Ajanta Neog, who recently joined the party after quitting the Congress submitted her nomination paper for Golaghat constituency. Besides […]

Assam: Denied ticket, Prafulla Mahanta might join Congress-led ‘Mahajot’, wife Jayashree hints

Founding AGP president and former two-time Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta is all set to once again sever ties with the party he had founded and could in likelihood join hands with the Congress. Mahanta was denied the ticket from Barhampur – the seat he has been representing for seven straight terms since 1985 […]

Former Sahitya Sabha president Paramananda Rajbongshi joins BJP ahead of Assam assembly polls

Ahead of the Assam assembly elections, Former Sahitya Sabha president Paramananda Rajbongshi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday. Rajbongshi joined the BJP at its state headquarters in presence of state BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass, Rajya Sabha MP Bhubaneswar Kalita, Lok Sabha MP Pallab Lochan Das and other top leaders. The former Assam […]

Assam Assembly elections: BJP announces candidates for first, second phase | Check list

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday announced the first list of candidates for the upcoming assembly polls in Assam. Out of the 126 assembly seats, the names of candidates of 70 seats have been declared. Among the big names, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will contest from the Majuli constituency, while Himanta Biswa Sarma will […]

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 […]

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 […]

Assam polls: 99 percent consensus on AGP-BJP seat sharing, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has reached the final stage to decide the seat-sharing for the upcoming Assam assembly elections. NEDA convenor and senior BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma told media persons in Guwahati that the two allies have arrived at a 99 percent consensus. Sarma said that the issue […]