Tuesday s polling in Assam a litmus test for BJP, Congrss, others
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Guwahati, April 6 : Tuesday s third and final phase of polling in 40 of the 126-member Assam Assembly is a litmus test for both the ruling BJP-led alliance and the opposition Congress-led Mahajot (grand alliance).
Of the 40 Assembly segments, bordering Bhutan, West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh, at least 13 seats are Muslim majority, six reserved for the tribals and two reserved for the people belonging to the scheduled caste.
Tuesday s electoral battle in 12 districts, according to the political experts, would be decisive for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main opposition Congress as both the parties had won 11 seats each in the 2016 Assembly polls.
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Guwahati: Voting begins for 2nd phase of Assam assembly polls.
Guwahati: April 5: Assam is geared up to hold the third and final phase of assembly elections on 40 of the total of 126 assembly seats on Tuesday when the electoral fate of 337 candidates including 25 women aspirants would be decided. Tuesday’s electoral battle is crucial for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress as both the parties had won 11 seats each in 2016 assembly polls.
BJP’s ally Asom Gana Parishad last time bagged four seats while Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) had secured eight and six seats respectively. Both the BPF and the AIUDF this time are allies of the Congress-led ‘Mahajot’ (grand alliance). In the last elections the BPF was with the BJP and the AIUDF fought the polls independently.
The city came under a tight security net on Sunday with nearly 1,500 police and 700 Central Armed Police Forces personnel being deployed to various parts as part of the election arrangements. One thou
Assam polls: Congress alleges illegal use of EVMs, BJP calls it language of defeat ANI | Updated: Apr 02, 2021 15:09 IST
Karimganj (Assam) [India], April 2 (ANI): A war of words has erupted between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party after a video surfaced on social media purportedly showing an EVM being found in a BJP candidate s car in Patharkandi constituency following the second round of polling in Assam.
While Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra demanded Election Commission to take action in the matter and asked all national political parties to have a serious re-evaluation on the use of electronic voting machines following the incident, party leader from Assam Sushmita Dev demanded immediate disqualification of the BJP candidate.