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With Himanta Biswa Sarma criss-crossing the State as campaigner-in-chief, the challenge for local BJP canvassers in Jalukbari is to ensure healthy numbers in order to match or better the CM’s six-figure margin from 2021

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As Vijay’s fledgling party makes its electoral debut two years after its founding, political observers say it could mirror the early performance of Vijayakanth’s DMDK, securing 8-10% of vote share; some argue the film personality’s popularity alone won’t suffice for lasting political impact

Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, an entrepreneur and wife of the Assam CM, accuses Congress leader of using forged document to malign her; Congress calls it a “witch hunt” for asking questions in public interest

The Army on April 1 claimed to have killed a terrorist in Ganderbal’s Arhama forest area during a cordon and search operation

Nitish Kumar is likely to take oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha on April 10 and would subsequently step down as Chief Minister on April 12, with a new Chief Minister from the BJP quota possibly taking oath on April 14

The possibility of losing minority votes is believed to have made the Bodoland People’s Front remove Himanta Biswa Sarma’s photo from its election campaign materials

As ‘infiltration’ makes yet another inevitable entry into the Assam campaign, the writer-civil society activist says the term ‘Miya’ was never a part of public rhetoric before