All eyes on BTC floor test tomorrow; CEM Pramod Boro confident of proving majority

After 12 days of swearing-in, the newly formed council of the UPP(L), BJP and GSP combine will have to prove its majority in the floor of the BTC assembly on Thursday. Briefing newspersons, a day ahead of the floor test, UPP(L) chief and BTC CEM Pramod Boro said that the coalition has sufficient numbers to […]

Amit Shah to visit Assam on Dec 26, several Oppn MLAs likely to join BJP ahead of 2021 Assembly polls

Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah is likely to visit Assam on December 26. Several Opposition MLAs and leaders are likely to join the BJP ahead of the 2021 Assembly polls in the State. During the visit, Shah is scheduled to hold a meeting with party leaders and review the election preparation […]

BJP clean sweeps Tiwa Autonomous Council in Assam

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has tasted massive victory in the Tiwa Autonomous Council (TAC) election in Assam by getting absolute majority in the 36-member council on Saturday. The BJP has got 34 seats in the TAC which covers parts of Morigaon, Nagaon, Hojai and Kamrup (Metro) districts. After the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) election, Congress […]

Assam: Senior Cong MLA Ajanta Neog removed from key post, likely to join BJP

The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Friday removed Golaghat MLA and former minister Ajanta Neog from Golaghat District Congress Committee president’s post with immediate effect. The axe has come amid reports of the former three-term minister planning to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “Smt. Ajanta Neog, MLA, President, Golaghat District Congress Committee is hereby removed […]

Tiwa Autonomous Council poll: BJP heading towards absolute majority

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is heading towards a majority in the Tiwa Autonomous Council (TAC) election in Assam. The saffron party has managed to grab 12 seats so far. The BJP candidates have emerged victorious in five seats of Morigaon and Nagaon districts each. Two BJP candidates have also claimed two constituencies of Kamrup […]

BJP will win 13 seats in Barak Valley, says Ranjit Kumar Dass

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win 13 seats out of the 15 seats in Barak Valley, said Assam BJP president Ranjit Kumar Dass who is on a 10-day tour to Barak Valley. Dass will address 11 public gatherings during his trip and will visit the left out constituencies in January next year. Speaking to […]

BTC politics: Lone Congress MCLA Sajal Sinha joins BJP

The Indian National Congress managed to win just one seat in the recently-held Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) elections. The results for the 40 seats were announced on December 12, where Congress won the Srirampur seat. Congress MCLA, Sajal Kumar Sinha joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, two days after his win. Addressing a […]

Tripura: BJP workers carry out protest against attack on JP Nadda in WB

Disgruntled Tripura Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and workers on Friday organised a protest in Agartala against the recent stone-pelting on the convoy of national party president JP Nadda in Kolkata. Protesters included BJP MLAs Sudip Roy Barman, Ramprashad Paul, Asish Saha, and Susanta Choudhury, besides hundreds of supporters. “This protest is being carried out […]

Tripura CM Biplab Deb calls off Dec 13 ‘people’s mandate’ meeting

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb’s program scheduled on December 13 in Agartala stands cancelled, Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma told the media on Thursday. This comes days after Deb ‘invited’ the people of the state to take a call on his chief ministerial chair at a public meeting on December 13 at the Vivekananda […]