As many as 35,000 personnel from various security forces have come to Assam to assist 9,600 jawans in the state to ensure law and order during the two-phase Assembly polls on April 4 and 11.

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.

The RTI activist Akhil Gogoi who has launched a crusade against the ‘corrupt’ Congress led government in Assam, on Saturday announced to lodge a formal complaint against high-profile minister Himanta Biswa Sarm for violating the model code of conduct.