New Delhi/Guwahati, March 19 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday released another list of candidates for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, naming 22 nominees across key constituencies in the state. According to an official statement issued by the All India Congress Committee (AICC), the Central Election Committee has approved candidates for seats spread across Lower Assam, Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), Upper Assam and Barak Valley. Prominent names in the latest list include Manik Ch…
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Guwahati, March 7 (IANS) Assam Congress President and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi said on Saturday that discussions are underway with regional parties in the state regarding the seat-sharing arrangement ahead of the upcoming state Assembly elections, expressing optimism that a mutually agreeable formula will soon be worked out. Speaking to reporters in Jorhat, Gogoi added that negotiations are continuing as part of broader efforts to build Opposition unity in the state. “Talks are on with the regi…
Guwahati, Feb 24 (IANS) Raijor Dal leader and Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi on Tuesday said that opposition unity talks in Assam are moving in a positive direction, while asserting that no meaningful alliance can be formed for the Assembly polls by sidelining Raijor Dal. Speaking to reporters, Gogoi said recent interactions with Congress leaders suggest a softening of earlier differences.”Positive talks are going on regarding alliance. The Congress has taken a step forward,” he said, indicating prog…
Guwahati, Feb 20 (IANS) In a development that has intensified political churn in Assam ahead of the upcoming elections, former Assam Congress president Bhupen Borah on Friday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah, a meeting seen as a clear precursor to his formal entry into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), scheduled for February 22. Sources said Shah called Borah for a meeting soon after arriving in Guwahati, where the Union Home Minister is scheduled to attend a series of programmes on Saturday.Th…
Guwahati, Feb 18 (IANS) Ahead of the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Nabin on Wednesday set an ambitious target for party workers, asking them to secure at least 50 per cent of the total vote share in the state. Addressing a party organisational meeting, Nabin said the BJP must aim to cross the 50 per cent vote mark this time, reflecting the growing public trust in the party’s governance and development agenda. He stressed that achieving…
Guwahati, Feb 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday, inaugurated the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on the national highway in Moran in Assam’s Dibrugarh district — a first kind of such facility in the entire northeastern region, government officials said. Prime Minister Modi also witnessed an air show by the Indian Air Force (IAF) soon after the ELF was inaugurated.The air show included Rafale, Sukhoi and MIG fighter aircrafts.The fighter aircrafts successfully took off and lan…
Guwahati, Feb 11 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that people in Upper Assam are likely to witness an air show on Saturday in connection with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state. Speaking to reporters, CM Sarma confirmed that Prime Minister Modi will arrive in Assam and inaugurate a modern highway airstrip at Moran in Dibrugarh district, marking a significant milestone in the state’s infrastructure and strategic preparedness.”There is a strong pos…
Guwahati, Feb 6 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Friday, ramped up his attack on the Congress, asserting that the party must clearly state whether it stands with the indigenous Assamese people or with illegal migrants, whom he described as “Miya”, a term he said referred to the Muslim population who have crossed over from Bangladesh into the state. Speaking to reporters after attending a programme in Dergaon, Chief Minister Sarma said the debate over illegal migration and iden…
Dibrugarh, Jan 30 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday described the day as a landmark for Assam as he laid the foundation stone for the proposed second complex of the Assam Legislative Assembly in Dibrugarh, a move aimed at strengthening governance and improving administrative access for people in Upper Assam. Addressing a public programme at Khanikar, HM Shah said the new Assembly complex, along with the MLA hostel, would significantly enhance the ease of governance in the region onc…
Guwahati, Jan 28 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Wednesday, launched a sharp political attack on the Congress and State Congress President Gaurav Gogoi, asserting that the party would face a “very bad defeat” in the upcoming state Assembly elections and would not even secure the position of the principal Opposition in the state. Speaking to reporters, Chief Minister Sarma claimed that the Congress today survives only on the support of a “particular section of voters” and has …