Former chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta said here on Friday said that peace talks excluding a faction of Ulfa led by Paresh Baruah would not be able to restore peace in the state.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi said here on Friday that the BJP, which is raking up the issue Bangladeshi infiltration, did nothing to check the influx from while in power at the Centre.

Former Union minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, the most prominent Muslim face of the BJP, said here on Thursday that there has been a significant change in the mindset of Muslim voters and Muslim youth are no more hesitant to vote for BJP.

Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani here on Wednesday extended his support to social activist Anna Hazare and advocated enactment of the Lokpal Bill by incorporating the changes in the forthcoming session of Parliament.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi slammed the Opposition for levelling corruption charges against his government and termed it false and fabricated.
Visibly upset over the charges, Mr Gogoi told reporters, “There is not a single instance when the Opposition has been able to bring in any direct charge against me or my ministers but they have been harping on corruption just to mislead the electorate.”

BJP leader L.K. Advani here on Wednesday asked voters to ensure that their franchise did not give power to the corrupt, but to good people and the party that will work for them and the state’s welfare.

Asom Gana Parishad president Chandra Mohan Patowary here on Tuesday claimed that the first phase of polling has sealed the dream of Congress for a third term in Assam.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that there is no other political party which is genuinely concerned for poor, Dalits and Adivasi.
Addressing three elections rallies one after the other, Mr Gandhi said, “Progress and peace are the two things that are necessary for the overall development of a state.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who campaigned for the Congress here on Saturday, said the Central government was open to talks with all militant groups and the discussions with the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) had been a good beginning.

Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani on Friday launched a blistering attack on the Congress here for being corrupt and said that if voted to power, the BJP would initiate impartial inquiry and ensure exemplary punishment to all “scamsters” who have allegedly “swallowed” several thousand crores of rupees in scams.