Dhemaji is heading for a keen multi-cornered contest, with sitting BJP MLA and Education Minister Ranoj Pegu facing a strong triangular challenge from Congress candidate Sailen Sonowal and Independent candidate Babul Sonowal.
The tea city of Dibrugarh came to a virtual standstill on Monday evening as Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma led a massive roadshow, underscoring the BJP’s campaign momentum in Upper Assam ahead of the upcoming polls.
With Assam already in the middle of its 2026 election campaign, the messaging doesn’t quite end when a rally does, it follows voters home, settles into their phones, and returns in ways that are not always easy to trace.
With the countdown to the Assam Assembly elections underway, the BJP has intensified its campaign, with top leaders—including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh—scheduled to address a series of rallies across the state.
In a first for Assam’s election campaign, state cabinet minister Ashok Singhal will reach out to voters across 2,500 locations in the Dhekiajuli constituency through a coordinated social media outreach on April 5, 2026.
The BJP has geared up for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, but its leaders are steering clear of predicting the exact number of seats the NDA will win in 2026.
Wage hikes and welfare schemes seen as part of a broader push to consolidate support in tea belt constituencies
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress, asserting that “no local indigenous Indian” would vote for the party in the upcoming elections.
