BJP president Nitin Gadkari accused the Congress of betraying the people of Assam by claiming to have established the petroleum institute in Sivasagar when it was being set up at Rae Bareli, the constituency of Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

The Election Commission has failed to deter Assam food and civil supply department from distributing freebies like rice at of Rs 6 a kg and beneficiaries’ cards carrying photographs of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to voters.

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Ms Sushma Swaraj, said here on Tuesday that the BJP is contesting elections in Assam to form the government on its own.
Refusing to divulge their post-poll strategy, Ms Swaraj said, “When you are in election mode, you are focused only on winning. So we are fighting to form the government.

Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, who was roped in by the Congress specially to campaign in Bengali-speaking areas of the state, said here on Tuesday that peace and development are the two major issues on which his party is asking the electorate to renew their license to rule the state for a third consecutive term in Assam.

A total of 981 candidates are in the fray for the 126 Assembly constituencies in Assam that go to polls in two phases on April 4 and 11.

While 485 hopefuls are in the race for 62 seats in the first p

The BJP on Tuesday said it is fighting the Assam Assembly elections to form the government on its own as people are ‘displeased and disappointed’ with the Congress-led Central and state governments.

BJP leader Arun Jaitley said here on Monday that the ruling Congress was facing the wave of double anti-incumbency in the ensuing Assembly elections in Assam.

The BJP on Tuesday said it is fighting the Assam Assembly elections to form the government on its own as people are "displeased and disappointed" with the Congress-led Central and state governments.

Senior BJP leacer Arun Jaitley on Sunday claimed that the people of Assam are fed up with the corrupt rule of the Congress and will vote for a change in the forthcoming Assembly election in the state.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Saturday released the election manifesto of the party in which it committed refugee status to all those non-Muslims who fled erstwhile East Pakistan fearing prosecution.