Himanta Biswa Sarma takes part in Bike Rally With 30,000 BJP Workers
Assam Health and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today participated in a bike rally along with 30,000 Bhartiya Janata Party BJP workers.
| 7 March 2021 12:48 PM GMT
GUWAHATI: Assam Health and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today participated in a bike rally along with 30,000 Bhartiya Janata Party BJP workers as a part of the upcoming Assam Assembly Elections slated to be held from March 27.
It needs to be mentioned here this is the first campaign after the declaration of the party candidates for the elections.
The bike rally was initiated from Jonai Gandhi School Field to Dhemaji s Silapathar.
After Taiwan Photos, Congress Uses Jharkhand Video To Show Assam Shooting After Taiwan Photos, Congress Uses Jharkhand Video To Show Assam Shooting The Assam Congress used a video clip of a mock drill from Jharkhand to highlight the death of five young men during anti-CAA protests in Assam.
Assam had seen widespread protests against the CAA last year and in late 2019.
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Used footage from Jharkhand to show police crackdown on protesters
Five people were killed in anti-CAA protests last year and late 2019
Guwahati:
Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday labelled the state Congress unit a fake news factory for using a video of a mock drill in Jharkhand as police brutality during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in December 2019.
BJP, allies face vote share challenge in Assam polls
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Minus the percentage of votes its former ally BPF garnered, the BJP-led alliance’s 2016 vote share dips by 3.94% to 37.65%
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Minus the percentage of votes its former ally BPF garnered, the BJP-led alliance’s 2016 vote share dips by 3.94% to 37.65%
Numbers can be deceiving. But if one goes by the vote share of parties in the 2016 Assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies approach mandate 2021 behind the Congress-led
Mahajot or grand alliance.
The BJP had ahead of the three-phase polls announced its “Mission 100”, targeting at least 100 of Assam’s 126 Assembly seats. The party and its two regional allies – the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) – had achieved two more seats than its “Mission 84” in the 2016 polls.
Assam: BJP releases first list of 70 seats; 11 new faces, exchange of constituencies with AGP
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BJP will contest 92 seats in the Assembly polls while its allies AGP will contest 26 seats, United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) will contest eight seats and Rabha Jatiya Aikya Manch one seat.
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In an exchange of seats with Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), BJP has taken the Barhampur from AGP, this seat was won since 1985 by former Chief Minister, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta.
Putting speculation to rest, Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will contest from Jalukbari. Sarma had earlier said that he wasn t very keen on contesting the Assembly polls this year.
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