There is a pro-incumbency in Assam, says BJP’s national vice-president and Assam in-charge Baijayant Jay Panda SECTIONS There is a pro-incumbency in Assam, says BJP’s national vice-president and Assam in-charge Baijayant Jay PandaBy Share Synopsis 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. ET Bureau 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.