Page 9 - Assam Assembly Polls

Society being divided on basis of religion, culture and language: Manmohan

He assured the people that if the Congress is voted to power, the Citizenship Amendment Act will not be implemented

BJP will enact laws to tackle 'love and land jihad' in Assam: Amit Shah

Addressing an election rally, Shah said appropriate laws and policies will be put in place to strengthen Assamese culture and civilisation

Assam elections: Polling for 47 seats tomorrow, 8.1 million people eligible

Polling will begin at 7 am in 47 constituencies across 12 districts in the first phase of Assam elections where the ruling BJP and Congress-AIUDF alliance are locked in a direct electoral contest

Congress leader Sachin Pilot to visit Assam to campaign for assembly polls

Congress leader Sachin Pilot will visit Assam to campaign for the upcoming assembly elections, a statement said on Thursday

West Bengal tops in Facebook political ad spend among poll-bound states

Besides West Bengal, Assembly elections will be held in three other states Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and in the Union Territory of Puducherry

High-pitched campign for first phase election in Assam comes to end

The poll on Saturday will decide the fate of 247 candidates

Assembly polls: Twitter puts in place tech, policies to counter false info

The heightened social media activity ahead of an election, whether local or national, has been of concern for governments across the world

Assam's economic development picks up pace. Can state finances keep up?

The share of agriculture in Assam's GSDP has declined between FY15 and FY19, but due to its weak finances, the state govt has not been able to fully provide for the needs of the emerging sectors

Beware of Congress-AIUDF 'Mahajoth' as it's 'Mahajhoot': Modi

Modi on Wednesday called upon the people of Assam to beware of the Congress-AIUDF 'Mahajoth' (grand alliance) as it is a 'Mahajhoot' (grand lie)

BJP wants to scale newer heights of progress in Assam: PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said there has been significant progress in Assam over the last five years and asserted that the BJP now wants to scale newer heights of progress

BJP releases manifesto for Assam polls, promises to work on 'corrected NRC'

BJP President J P Nadda, after releasing the manifesto, said that CAA would be implemented in Assam "when the time is right"

BJP to solve problems of floods, illegal migrants in Assam: Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath Tuesday accused the oppositon Congress of failing to solve them during its days in power in the northeastern state

Will not allow politics over illegal immigration in Assam: Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the BJP, if voted to power, will not allow infiltrators from Bangladesh to reside in Assam

11% candidates declared criminal cases in phase 2 Assam polls: ADR

There are 345 candidates contesting after this phase

Will work on corrected NRC for Assam's protection, says BJP's JP Nadda

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

Assam assembly polls: 323 candidates in fray for 40 seats in third phase

Altogether 323 candidates are in the fray for 40 constituencies going to the polls in the third and final phase in Assam on April 6, for which the last date of withdrawal of nomination was Monday

Govt to implement all clauses of Bodo accord in 30 months says Shah

Shah said said all clauses of the Bodo Accord signed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Government last year will be implemented within two-and-a-half years

Infiltration will increase if Congress-led alliance rules Assam: Amit Shah

The Union Home Minister also alleged that Congress has a policy of divide and rule

BJP functioning like mafia, running syndicates in Assam: Priyanka Gandhi

The Congress leader compared Assam's BJP leadership with 'Dritarashtra' and 'Shakuni', characters in the epic Mahabharata

We will implement CAA in Assam: State BJP chief Ranjeet Kumar Dass

head of Assam Assembly elections, state BJP chief Ranjeet Kumar Dass said that the party will soon implement Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)