Assam: Four-time MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi resigns from Congress, to join BJP on June 21

The Congress in Assam received a massive jolt with four-time MLA from Mariani Rupjyoti Kurmi quitting the party on Friday, who now is all set to jump ship to BJP on June 21. The Congress leader tendered his resignation to Assembly speaker Biswajit Daimary, in presence of BJP leader and state Water resource minister Pijush […]

Assam Cong leaders write to AICC State in-charge, urges him to appoint new PCC Chief

Top Assam Congress leaders have written to All India Congress Committee (AICC) state in-charge, Bhanwar Jitendra Singh, urging him to urgently appoint a new Pradesh Congress Committee president so that the party can bounce back to prominence. The leaders also underlined the fact that even after a month of the party’s poll debacle, no review […]

Meghalaya: Congress demands inquiry into alleged food grain scam

The opposition Congress in Meghalaya has demanded an inquiry into the alleged food grain scam involving the Shillong division of FCI, which was recently unearthed by the Assam Police in Boko. Senior Meghalaya Congress leader, Ampareen Lyngdoh described the seizure of over one lakh rice bags of the Food Corporation of India, Shillong from a […]

Assam election results 2021: Here’s the list of winners

The results for the Assam Assembly elections was announced on Sunday, May 2. The BJP has won with a clear majority in the state and has made a successful comeback for the second consecutive term. Assam has a 126-member assembly and 64 seats are needed for majority. The counting of votes began at 8 AM […]

Assam election results: List of Congress winners so far

According to latest reports, the following Indian National Congress candidates has emerged victorious in the Assam assembly elections. The Congress has secured 28 seats so far, as per latest trends provided by the Election Commission website. Here's the list of candidates: Rakibul Hussain – Samaguri Wazed Ali Choudhury – South Salmara Rupjyoti Kurmi – Mariani […]

Rich tributes paid to former Assam CM Bhumidhar Barman in Guwahati

Rich tributes were paid to former Assam Chief Minister Dr Bhumidhar Barman at the Assam legislative assembly campus and Janata Bhawan in Guwahati  on Monday. Barman, a seven-time MLA had breathed his last on Sunday evening. The mortal remains of the veteran Congress man were also taken to the Rajib Bhawan in Guwahati. The last […]

Assam polls: At least 20 AIUDF candidates shifted to Jaipur

In a dramatic air evacuation, the AIUDF which is a part of the Congress-led alliance in Assam has transferred at least 16 of its 20 candidates who had just contested the state assembly polls to Rajasthan capital, Jaipur. The group had left Guwahati at 10.30 on Friday morning, in Indigo flight number 6E-9397. Intelligence sources […]

Assam polls: Congress alleges ‘illegal’ use of EVMs, BJP calls it ‘language of defeat’

A war of words has erupted between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party after a video surfaced on social media purportedly showing an EVM being found in a BJP candidate’s car in Patharkandi constituency following the second round of polling in Assam. While Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra demanded Election Commission to take […]

Congress moves EC, seeks disqualification of Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Congress on Tuesday wrote to the Election Commission alleging that BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma had “threatened” Bodoland People’s Front chief Hagrama Mohilary and demanded that he should be disqualified from contesting the assembly polls and a case should be registered against him. In a memorandum to the poll panel, the party also demanded […]