Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 10 (ANI): Expressing his gratitude to the people of Assam for voting the Bharatiya Janata Party and its alliance partners to power in the state, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that his government's top priority is to secure the rights of Assamese people.

Kaziranga (Assam) [India], May 6 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that the Kaziranga session is an opportunity to brainstorm on a series of schemes and the role of cabinet colleagues and legislators in the proper implementation of schemes as per Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas'

Kaziranga (Assam) [India], May 5 (ANI): Ahead of the first anniversary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Assam government, a two-day conference of MLAs of BJP and allied parties is going to be held at Kaziranga starting from Thursday.

Nagaon (Assam) [India], March 21 (ANI): Ahead of Rajya Sabha polls, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday announced that many Congress MLAs, who are eager to join the Bharatiya Janata Party are in talks with the party.

Guwahati Mar 19 PTI BJPs coalition partner in Assam the United Peoples Party Liberal UPPL has named its working president Rwngwra Narzary as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha pollsTwo seats from the state are falling vacant election for which is due on March 31While the BJP has nominated Pabitra Margherita as its candidate for one seat the saffron party and AGP another coalition partner made way for the UPPL to field its nominee for the second seatWe are really happy to announce the name of Shri Rwngwra Narzary Working President of UPPL as the candidate for the ensuing Rajya Sabha election We extend our heartfelt thanks to our coalition partner BJP AGP for giving us one seat of Rajya Sabha to contest UPPL president Pramod Boro said in a tweet on Friday Boro also thanked Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma along with the state BJP chief Bhabesh Kalita and AGP president Atul Bora for their supportThe Asom Gana Parishad AGP is the third partner in the BJP-led coalition in the stateThe two seats for which elections are due were held by Ripun Bora and Ranee Narah of the Congress Ripun Bora is in the fray this time as the Opposition parties joint candidate The ruling coalition stands comfortably poised to get one of its candidates easily elected though it may fall short by a couple of votes if the Opposition votes as a bloc for its lone nominee so far Out of seven Rajya Sabha seats from Assam the BJP currently holds three and Congress two The AGP has one member in the Upper House while the other is held by an Independent The BJPs strength in the 126-member Assam Assembly is 63 while AGP has nine and UPPL has seven MLAs The Bodoland Peoples Front BPF which has lent its support to the government in the Assembly floor but not entered into any political alliance has three MLAsIn the opposition camp the Congress strength is 27 AIUDF has 15 members and the CPIM has one MLA There is one Independent MLA alsoThe last date for filing nominations for the upcoming election is March 21 while scrutiny of papers will take place the next dayThe last date for withdrawal of nominations is March 24 according to a notification issued by the Election Commission of IndiaVotes will be counted on March 31MLAs in the 126-member Assam assembly will participate in the Rajya Sabha elections as members of the Upper House of Parliament are elected by legislators in state assemblies It is an election through proportional representation PTI SSG MM MM

Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 19 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party's ally United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) on Saturday nominated Rwngwra Narzary for the ensuing Rajya Sabha biennial elections in Assam.

Guwahati Jan 24 PTI The ruling BJP in Assam has forged a partnership with the Bodoland Peoples Front BPF at the legislature party-level though there is no alliance on the ground Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma saidAddressing a press conference here on Sunday Sarma said the BJP and BPF will have floor coordination in the assembly and work together inside the HouseThe BJP legislature party has admitted BPF legislature party as a partner in the assembly he saidHowever there is no alliance at the political level with the BPF he addedBPF was a member of the first BJP-led government in the state before exiting the ruling coalition ahead of the 2021 assembly elections and contesting the polls as a part of the Congress-led opposition grand allianceThe BPF had fought the assembly elections with Congress and AIUDF but they later left that alliance They have been performing an impartial role in the assembly Sarma saidIn view of the political atmosphere and to ensure wider consensus for the ruling coalition in the House BPF will have floor coordination with us he saidThe chief minister said he has taken consent of the UPPL before making the arrangement with the BPFThe UPPL and BPF are political rivals in the Bodoland Territorial Region where the two parties are basedThe BPF has three MLAs and they will join the 62 legislators of BJP nine of AGP and seven of UPPL on the treasury benchesIn the opposition camp the Congress strength is 27 AIUDF has 15 members and CPIM has one MLA There is also an Independent MLA -- Akhil Gogoi of the Raijor DalOne seat is lying vacant in the 126-member Assam assembly PTI SSG SOM SOM

Guwahati (Assam) [India], November 2 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that BJP's won in the five Assembly seats that went to the by-election on October 30 with a huge margin indicated that people of the North East have reposed their faith in the leadership of PM Narendra Modi.

Guwahati Oct 30 PTI Polling for bye-elections to five Assam Assembly constituencies began at 7 am on Saturday amid heightened security and strict implementation of COVID-19 protocols Some 796 lakh voters will decide the electoral fate of 31 contestants the state election office said Voting started in 1176 polling stations including 285 in Gossaigaon 213 in Bhabanipur 322 in Tamulpur 183 in Mariani and 173 in Thowra constituencies Polling will continue till 5 pm in the poll-bound constituencies The prominent contestants include Rupjyoti Kurmi Sushanta Borgohain Phanidhar Talukdar all BJP Luhit Konwar Jowel Tudu Sailendra Nath Das Bhaskar Dahal Monuranjan Konwar all INC Krishna Gogoi CPI Jiron Basumatary Jolen Daimary both UPPL Dhruba Kumar Brahma Narzary BPF Jubbar Ali and Khairul Anam Khandakar both AIUDF Bye-election in Gossaigaon and Tamulpur were necessitated due to death of the sitting MLAs while the incumbents of Bhabanipur Mariani and Thowra resigned from their seats to join the ruling BJP PTI ESB JRC JRC JRC

Guwahati Sep 29 PTI Opposition party Raijor Dal RD on Wednesday said that it will contest two out of five assembly seats in Assam where by-elections will be held on October 30 Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi said that the party has decided to contest Thowra and Mariani seats and hopes to win both The two constituencies were bagged by Congress but its MLAs later resigned and switched over to the BJP Dhaijya Konwar will contest Thowra on behalf of RD and we will declare our Mariani candidate soon he told reporters He also appealed to the Congress with whom RD had tried to project common candidates for the by-polls to defeat the ruling NDA to support their nominees If the Congress supports us we will campaign for them in the remaining four seats Gogoi said By-election will also be held in three other seats in Assam -- Bhabanipur Tamulpur and Gossaigaon Though Majuli is also vacant by-poll will not be held there this time as Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal resigned from the MLAs post just hours before the schedule was announced by the EC Gogoi is the lone RD legislator in the 126-member assembly and he was elected as an IndependentThe BJP now has 59 MLAs while its allies AGP has nine and UPPL has five legislators Congress has 27 lawmakers AIUDF 15 BPF three and CPIM has one member in the House PTI TR ACD ACD