Page 12 - Assam Assembly Polls

BJP is confused, Assam is going to slip out of their hands: Bhupesh Baghel

Chhattisgarh CM and Congress' senior observer for state assembly polls Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday said that the BJP has failed to deliver on 2016 poll promises

Assam polls: EC seizes cash, liquor, other items worth Rs 31.81 crore

Cash amounting to Rs 8.80 crores, liquor worth Rs 7.68 crores and gold and silver ornaments valued at Rs 1.46 crores have been seized in the state, the Election Commission said on Friday

BJP's ally AGP names six candidates for second phase of polling in Assam

Ruling alliance member Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Thursday released its second list of candidates containing six names for the second phase of polling on April 1.

LIVE: EC says TMC's letter on Mamata is 'full of insinuations & averments'

The Trinamool Congress chief has a slight fever and has been shifted to a special ward at the hospital's VVIP Woodburn Block soon after the MRI at the Bangur Institute of Neurosciences

Return of Sonowal govt in Assam a foregone conclusion: Jitendra Singh

Singh said the return of the Sonowal government in Assam with a decisive mandate is a foregone conclusion

Assam Polls: Congress finalises candidates for Bokajan, Diphu

The Congress's Central Election Committee in Assam on Thursday finalised candidates for the Bokajan and Diphu constituencies

Assam assembly polls: Over Rs 4 lakh cash seized in Cachar

Unaccounted cash of over Rs 4 lakh was seized by a flying squad from two places in Cachar district

Congress releases list of 26 candidates for Assam assembly elections

The Congress has released a list of 26 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Assam, and appointed senior leaders Mohan Prakash and Jaydev Jena as special observers.

Assam elections 2021: Two BJP MLAs quit party ahead of state poll

Two lawmakers of the ruling BJP in poll-bound Assam quit the party on Wednesday after they were denied tickets to contest in the coming state poll

Assam CM Sonowal's assets increase by more than 71 per cent in 5 years

The rise comes despite not having bought any new immovable assets

Arms, ammunition recovered in Assam's Chirang ahead of polls

A large number of arms and ammunition were found on Wednesday at a forest in Chirang district

Assam Assembly polls: PM Modi, Shah, Nadda among 40 star campaigners of BJP

Union Ministers Smriti Irani and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Bihar minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain will also campaign for the party

Assam assembly polls: 173 candidates file nominations for first phase

More than 173 candidates have filed their nominations for 47 Assam assembly seats going to polls in the first phase on March 27, the state's chief electoral officer said on Tuesday. The last date of submission of nominations for the first phase was Tuesday. The number of candidates filing papers would increase as some districts are yet to submit their list, an official said. Among prominent candidates who filed nominations on the last day were Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal from Majuli, sitting BJP MLAs Angoorlata Deka from Batadroba, Ashok Singhal from Dhekiajuli, Mrinal Saikia from Khumtai, and Padma Hazarika from Sootea, sitting Congress MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi from Mariani and former Congress minister Bismita Gogoi from Khumtai. Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) president Lurinjyoti Gogoi filed his nominations from both Duliajan and Naharkatiya constituencies. Jailed Raijor Dal leader Akhil Gogoi will also contest in the first phase from Mariani and Sibsagar seats as an

BJP's victory margin in Assam will exceed poll, TV surveys: Jitendra Singh

Union minister Jitendra Singh Tuesday said the BJP will return to power in Assam with a decisive mandate

Assam CM Sonowal files nomination for assembly polls

Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday filed his nomination from Majuli as the BJP candidate for the second consecutive term for the assembly polls

Assam polls: 125 all-women polling booths in Kamrup Metropolitan

The authorities have decided to set up 125 all-women polling booths in the Kamrup Metropolitan district of Assam, officials said on Tuesday

Assam breaks records in poll seizures, Rs 18 cr worth items caught so far

Assam broke all previous records in seizures of cash, liquor, drugs and other goods in the run-up to the Assembly polls

Ahead of Assembly polls, oil companies hold back price hike in March

It appears that the Centre has informally conveyed to the three major OMCs to not revise fuel prices for the time being, two people in the government said

BJP not to announce CM face in Assam before polls: party state chief

A decision in this regard will be taken by its Parliamentary Board at the time of forming the next government, the party said

Assam elections: Rs 2.72 cr in cash, liquor worth Rs 1.1 cr seized so far

A total of Rs 2.72 crore in cash and liquor worth Rs 1.1 crore have been seized in Assam so far since the announcement of the assembly polls, an election official said on Monday