Assam

Guwahati, Barpeta, Kokrajhar and Dhubri are the four seats going to polls on May 7th. The AGP, which is a BJP ally, is contesting from Barpeta and the Muslim-majority Dhubri seats.

He hummed and shook a leg every time ‘Akou Abar Modi Sarkar’ (Modi government again), the BJP’s popular poll song, was played out at his rallies.

The last four of Assam’s 14 parliamentary seats will go to polls in the third phase on May 7.

In all these attacks, nobody was injured. The police said they were conducting a probe to identify the culprits and nab them.

Sarma had lashed out at Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday as well, calling them "irrelevant" in Assam and "past the expiry date".

“Priyankaji is asking us questions. I want to tell her that instead of questioning me and Modiji, she should ask her CM and Deputy CM what their govt is doing. Why is there no probe? We favour a probe,” he said.

“Assam police have arrested an individual named Sri Reetam Singh in connection with the fake video involving Honorable Home Minister Sri @AmitShah,” CM Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote on X.

The final polling percentage could be further revised as the compilation of figures is yet to be completed, an official said.

The Kokrajhar constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Tribe, will go to the polls in the third phase on May 7.

More than 400 components, such as VVPATs and ballot units of different EVMs, were also replaced because of snags.

Modi said that free ration will be provided to all for the next five years and free treatment of up to Rs 5 lakh under the 'Ayushman Bharat' scheme will be given to people aged 70 and above.

The Congress leader said that unemployment is at an all-time high, but the PM mentioned it only twice in a recent interview, which was all about his 'Man Ki Baat'.

The attack was carried out in upper Assam’s Tinsukia district on Tuesday morning.

"We oppose the implementation of CAA and the BJP's policy of misleading people," Atishi said at a rally here.

The five seats going to polls in the first phase are Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur, Kaziranga and Sonitpur. The BJP is contesting all of these seats.

Bharat Jodo Yatra has been successful in establishing that the Congress brings communities together, that it works for social justice for all sections.

Not only does he hail from Dibrugarh, but he also won his maiden Assembly election from Moran in Dibrugarh district in 2001 and the parliamentary election from the Dibrugarh seat in 2004.

"There are nationalist leaders who believe in 'andolan' (agitations) but this does not work for us. We have launched a movement where the youth get employment and the benefits of different schemes," he said.

Claiming to be a Nepali tourist visiting Assam, she alleged that she was a victim of racism.

He claimed that people want Modi to continue and lead India toward "Amrit Kaal".