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Guwahati, March 31 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma challenged state Congress president Gaurav Gogoi to disclose details of his properties in Pakistan and the UK.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the BJP's manifesto release programme here, Sarma asked the Jorhat Lok Sabha MP to...

Guwahati, March 26 – In a setback for the Congress ahead of the upcoming elections in Assam, a close associate of the state Congress chief and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi, along with over 100 party workers, joined the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) in Kaliabor on Thursday.Among those who switched...

New Delhi, March 26 – When the Assam Assembly elections are held on April 9, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be seeking not only a third consecutive victory but also something that has eluded it for a decade – a simple majority on its own.Since assuming power in 2016, the BJP has...

Guwahati, March 25 Several bundles of an Assamese daily newspaper were burned in Sivasagar district, Assam, on Wednesday, drawing sharp political reactions in the state, which is heading for elections.Opposition parties claimed that members of the ruling BJP were behind the incident, while the...

Guwahati, March 23 – Over 800 candidates from various political parties and Independents have filed their nominations for the Assam Assembly elections, officials said on Monday.The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) stated that a total of 818 candidates have submitted nominations for...

Jorhat (Assam), March 23 Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi filed his nomination papers from the Jorhat assembly seat on Monday, making his electoral debut in the state elections.Gogoi, who is also the deputy leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, visited religious places of all communities...

New Delhi, March 22 The Congress on Sunday announced its fifth and final list of seven candidates for the Assam Assembly elections.With this, the party has declared candidates for 101 of the 126 seats in the state Assembly."The Central Election Committee (CEC) of Congress has selected the...

Guwahati, March 22 – Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita launched a sharp attack on the emerging opposition alliance in Assam on Sunday, asserting that the people of the state have consistently rejected any understanding among leaders like Gaurav Gogoi, Akhil Gogoi...

Guwahati, March 22 The Trinamool Congress (TMC) announced its second list of candidates for the Assam Assembly elections on Sunday, naming Congress MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed from the Mandia constituency while withdrawing the candidature of the party's state senior vice-president Dulu Ahmed.The...

Guwahati, March 22 Raijor Dal has announced its revised, final list of candidates for the Assam Assembly elections, withdrawing its nominees from three constituencies after forming an alliance with opposition parties in the state and agreeing to a seat-sharing arrangement as part of it.The...

Guwahati, March 21 Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday claimed that the BJP in the state is effectively "Congress, led by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, with the saffron party's label".Speaking to reporters while campaigning in Majuli, Gogoi said the...

New Delhi/ Guwahati, March 20 The Congress released its fourth list of seven party candidates for the April 9 Assembly elections in Assam, dropping a sitting MLA, while leaving 11 seats for its alliance partner, Raijor Dal.With this, the Congress has announced a total of 94 party candidates...

New Delhi, March 20 – The Congress party released another list of candidates for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections on Friday, nominating candidates across key constituencies while reserving a set of seats for its ally, Raijor Dal.According to a statement issued by the Congress General...

New Delhi, March 20 The Congress on Friday released its fourth list of seven party candidates for the April 9 assembly elections in Assam, leaving a total of 11 seats for its alliance with Raijor Dal in the state.With this, the Congress has announced a total of 94 party candidates in Assam...

Guwahati, March 20 The president of the opposition Raijor Dal, MLA Akhil Gogoi, has 21 criminal cases pending against him, although he has not been convicted in any, according to his election affidavit filed on Friday.Gogoi, who is seeking re-election from the Sibsagar constituency, stated...

Guwahati, March 20 Raijor Dal president and MLA Akhil Gogoi submitted his nomination papers for the Sivasagar Assembly constituency in the eastern Assam district on Friday.The regional outfit had joined the opposition alliance after finalizing a seat-sharing arrangement late on Thursday night...

Guwahati, March 20 Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Assembly, Debabrata Saikia, filed his nomination as a candidate for the Congress party from the Nazira constituency in the Sivasagar district on Friday.The Congress is part of a six-party alliance for the upcoming state elections on...

Guwahati, March 20 – In a significant boost to opposition unity ahead of the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, the Indian National Congress and Raijor Dal finalized a seat-sharing arrangement on Friday, with the Congress agreeing to allocate 11 constituencies to the Akhil Gogoi-led regional...

Guwahati, March 20 After days of negotiations and uncertainty, the Congress and Raijor Dal finalized seat-sharing arrangements for the Assam assembly elections, and decided that the national party would leave 11 constituencies for the other one, and there would be friendly contests in two.In a...

New Delhi/Guwahati, March 19 The Congress released its third list of 22 candidates for the April 9 Assam Assembly polls on Thursday, which included four sitting MLAs, two of whom are working presidents of the state unit.The third working president has also been nominated in the latest list...