Dharmendra Pradhan, Sambit Patra hold roadshow in Odisha s Pipili ahead of by-polls ANI | Updated: Apr 13, 2021 23:35 IST
Puri (Odisha) [India], April 13 (ANI): Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, along with BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra, on Tuesday held a roadshow in Odisha s Pipili, ahead of by-polls in the constituency.
The BJP leader campaigned for party candidate Ashrit Patnaik from the Pipili constituency.
The by-poll to the constituency will be held on Saturday along with the fourth phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal, the Election Commission has announced.
Pradhan, along with Patra and party leader Baijayant Jay Panda, are star campaigners of BJP for the Pipili by-polls.
There is a pro-incumbency in Assam, says BJP’s national vice-president and Assam in-charge Baijayant Jay Panda
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There is a pro-incumbency in Assam, says BJP’s national vice-president and Assam in-charge Baijayant Jay PandaBy
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There is pro-incumbency in Assam. We saw it happen at the national level under PM Narendra Modi. During the previous 30- 35 years, there used to be the concept of anti-incumbency, Modiji overcame that era and moved on.
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BJP’s national vice-president and Assam in-charge Baijayant Jay Panda says Assam is witnessing pro-incumbency and that the chief of the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Badruddin Ajmal, is trying polarise immigrants. Excerpts from an interview with Bikash Singh.
Assembly elections 2021: Amit Shah to visit poll-bound Assam today, will hold two rallies
Amit Shah will will address public meetings at Margarita at 12:30 pm and at Nazira at 2 pm. File photo
Updated: Mar 14, 2021, 06:32 AM IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address two election rallies in poll-bound Assam on Sunday (March 14) to campaign for the upcoming elections.
Amit Shah will will address public meetings at Margarita at 12:30 pm and at Nazira at 2 pm. A BJP press release said Shah will hold a roadshow in Kharagpur at 5:15 pm on Sunday evening.
Hon ble HM Shri @AmitShah Ji is scheduled to visit Assam tomorrow. With his visit, the @BJP4Assam election campaigning is expected to charge up drastically. He is also scheduled to address two public meetings. pic.twitter.com/x5l0X39rmt
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Polling for the 126-member Assam assembly will be held on March 27
The counting of votes will take place on May 2
New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah Will visit the poll-bound states of Assam and West Bengal on Sunday (March 14). Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will also address three public meetings in the poll-bound state of Assam.
In Assam, Amit Shah will address public meetings at Margarita at 12:30 pm and at Nazira at 2 pm, after which he will then leave for West Bengal. A BJP press release said Shah will hold a roadshow in Kharagpur at 5:15 pm.
Hon ble HM Shri @AmitShah Ji is scheduled to visit Assam tomorrow. With his visit, the @BJP4Assam election campaigning is expected to charge up drastically. He is also scheduled to address two public meetings. pic.twitter.com/x5l0X39rmt
Who Will Be Assam BJP s Next Chief Ministerial Face?
The party seems to be suggesting that it could either be sitting chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal or Himanta Biswa Sarma.
(L-R) Sarbananda Sonowal, Amit Shah and Himanta Biswa Sarma.
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New Delhi: On March 6, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from poll-bound Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, uploaded a music video on his Twitter handle. The song centred the partyâs election campaign around Sarma.
The poll song in Assamese says, â
Aahise aahise Himanta aahise aaxa re botora loi (Here comes Himanta bringing the news of hope).”

While prodding the
kokaideu (the elder brothers) to come out of their homes to join Sarma in his campaign to help return the BJP to power in the northeastern state, the song also makes use of a term used for him by his critics in the state â