Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Tuesday said the results of the state elections have unfolded exactly as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had planned. However, it has raised serious concerns about the “pattern” used to secure these wins and the grim state of democracy it represents.The Thackeray camp, in a scathing editorial in the party’s mouthpiece, ‘Saamana’, claimed that the “Modi-Shah pattern” of capturing elections was evident in the results for Assam…
Latest Assam News & Updates
Guwahati, May 5 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that he had anticipated the BJP’s strong performance in the Assembly elections, revealing that he had noted down his assessment on April 9 when polling concluded.In a post on X, CM Sarma said that a month later, the party had exceeded even its best expectations, securing one additional seat and receiving what he described as a “historic blessing” from the people of Assam in the 2026 Assembly elections.Expressin…
Washington, May 5 (IANS) Indian American leaders across the United States welcomed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s victory in West Bengal, calling it a “historic mandate” and a turning point for governance, security and development in the state.Eminent Indian American Dr Bharat Barai described the result as “a great victory for the people of West Bengal”, alleging that the previous regime had “unleashed a mafia kingdom using all resources of state and actively threaten voters with rape,…
Bengaluru, May 5 (IANS) Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Central Parliamentary Committee Member B.S. Yediyurappa has said that the Congress has “no future”, asserting that just as the Trinamool Congress was defeated in West Bengal, the Congress will also face a similar fate in the state in the next Assembly elections. Speaking to the media on Monday in the city on the results of the five-state Assembly elections, he added that the Congress, which could not win eve…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Rahul Gandhi has launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of stealing elections in Assam and West Bengal with the support of the Election Commission. In a post on Monday on his official X account, LoP Gandhi claimed that more than 100 seats were stolen in Bengal, echoing the concerns raised by Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee.He wrote that Assam and Bengal were clear case…
Jaipur, May 4 (IANS) Former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Monday described the BJP’s victories in three Assemblies as a historic mandate, calling it a clear expression of the people’s resolve towards building a developed India.She said: “The mandate delivered today is decisive and unmistakable. The victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry reflects a clear choice made by the people, one that places trust, stability and governance above uncertainty and rhe…
Guwahati/Dibrugarh, May 4 (IANS) The sweeping victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Assam Assembly elections has brought a wave of happiness among women working in tea gardens, especially in Dibrugarh.Women labourers from the Manohari tea estate on Monday expressed their happiness and trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP government.One worker, Anju Mura, shared that she felt honoured when Prime Minister Modi visited their tea garden.She recalled how the Prime Minister i…
New Delhi/Bengaluru, May 4 (IANS) Union Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Pralhad Joshi said on Monday that the Congress has “no existence” in the country except in Kerala and predicted that the party would face a similar situation in Karnataka in the upcoming elections. Addressing a press conference in Delhi on the results of the five-state Assembly elections, Union Minister Joshi said the outcome is a clear mandate against misgovernance, excessive appeasement, corruption, and hooliganism, a…
Guwahati, May 4 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Jitendra Singh Alwar on Monday resigned from his post as the party’s General Secretary in-charge of Assam, taking responsibility for the party’s poor performance in the recently concluded Assembly elections, in which the BJP registered a sweeping victory.In a letter addressed to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Singh said he was stepping down with immediate effect, acknowledging that the outcome of the polls was “deeply disappointing”.H…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Rahul Gandhi’s long tenure at the centre of Congress politics has been defined by a string of electoral setbacks that now total 99 defeats nationwide, leaving him just one short of a century of losses. The infographic of his electoral record paints a stark picture of repeated rejections across states and years, underscoring the challenges faced by the Congress under his leadership.Over the last two decades, the Congress has navigated a difficult path, accumulating a total…