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Guwahati: The Election Commission of India on Monday announced that the Silent Period for the General Election to the Assam Legislative Assembly, 2026, will commence from 5:00 PM on April 7, 2026, marking 48 hours before the close of polling across all constituencies. As per Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, all forms of election campaigning will be strictly prohibited during this period. This includes public meetings, processions, rallies, and any campaign-related acti ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday announced that the silence period for the Assam legislative assembly elections will begin today at 5.00 pm, marking 48 hours prior to the conclusion of polling across all constituencies.In accordance with Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, all forms of election campaigning will be prohibited during this period. This includes public meetings, rallies, processions and any other campaign-related activities.The Commission has also ...Read More >
THE ALL India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday opposed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill recently passed by the Gujarat Assembly, describing it as constitutionally flawed, legally untenable, and fundamentally violative of religious freedom and civil liberties. Asserting that it would challenge legislation in the Gujarat High Court, the AIMPLB demanded an immediate halt to the implementation of the UCC in both Uttarakhand and Gujarat, and called for a comprehensive constitutional rev ...Read More >
Silchar, April 7: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday attacked the BJP, especially Union Home Minister Amit Shah, for regularly raising the infiltration issue but not deporting the illegal entrants in large numbers despite being in the government for more than 10 years. Addressing an election rally at Borkhola in Cachar district, he also alleged that the BJP has misused the delimitation exercise in Assam in its bid to win elections. "When Amit Shah comes here, he only talks about B ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 7 (ANI): The Election Commission of India on Monday announced that the Silent Period for the General Election to the Assam Legislative Assembly, 2026, will commence from 5:00 PM on April 7, 2026, marking 48 hours before the close of polling across all constituencies. As per Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, all forms of election campaigning will be strictly prohibited during this period. This includes public meetings, processions, rallies ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 7 (ANI): The Election Commission of India on Monday announced that the Silent Period for the General Election to the Assam Legislative Assembly, 2026, will commence from 5:00 PM on April 7, 2026, marking 48 hours before the close of polling across all constituencies. As per Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, all forms of election campaigning will be strictly prohibited during this period. This includes public meetings, processions, rallies ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 7 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma mounted a strong attack on Congress for second successive day over its allegations against them even as Congress leaders continued to raise issues related to their allegations during their campaign for the assembly polls slated for April 9. Riniki Bhuyan Sharma on Monday said she has filed an FIR over the allegations levelled by Congress and accused the opposition party of acting ...Read More >
The Election Commission is expected to review the complaint In a fresh political development in Assam, a Congress delegation led by former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday filed a complaint before the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Guwahati against Assam Chief Minister and BJP candidate from Jalukbari constituency, Himanta Biswa Sarma. The delegation included Congress candidate from Jalukbari Smt. Bidisha Neog and Guwahati City District Congress President Swapan Das. The ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 7 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma mounted a strong attack on Congress for second successive day over its allegations against them even as Congress leaders continued to raise issues related to their allegations during their campaign for the assembly polls slated for April 9. Riniki Bhuyan Sharma on Monday said she has filed an FIR over the allegations levelled by Congress and accused the opposition party of acting ...Read More >
Sonitpur (Assam) [India], April 7 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday vowed to take strong action against Congress leader Pawan Khera over his allegations and said that they will win at least 100 seats in the upcoming Assam assembly elections. "...I will take stringest action against Congress leader Pawan Khera, just wait for some days. We will win at least 100 seats in the elections"" Sarma said while speaking to reporters. CM Himanta Sarma on Monday countered the allega ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Congress filed a complaint with the Election Commission on Monday, demanding the cancellation of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's candidature, contending that he did not mention his wife's alleged offshore assets in the poll affidavit. The move by the opposition party came a day after it posed three questions to the Assam CM -- whether his wife or family owns property in Dubai, has companies in Wyoming in the USA, or has placed their assets in shell companies. Sarma has denied ...Read More >
Kokrajhar: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the Congress has used false information in Pakistani social media groups to manufacture charges that his wife has multiple passports and owns properties in foreign countries. Talking to media persons on Monday Sarma said that these charges have been used by the Congress party to influence the poll outcome. "This is a punishable offence under the law." Congress leader Pawan Khera had alleged Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, wife of chief minister of ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 6 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday countered the allegations levelled by Congress, claiming that property documents used to link his family to apartments in Dubai were stolen from the document-sharing platform Scribd. Identifying the real owners as Md Ahmad and Fatima Sulaiman, Sarma dismissed the opposition's claims as a digitally manipulated "fake AI campaign". Also Read | Breach of Discipline During PM Modi Rally: Kerala Police Begins ...Read More >
Guwahati: Electioneering gathered momentum in Assam's Golakganj Assembly constituency on Monday as state BJP president and MP Dilip Saikia addressed a public rally in support of party candidate Ashwani Roy Sarkar. Saikia reached Golakganj Stadium earlier in the day and led a motorcycle procession of party workers to the rally venue at Laximari High School playground. The roadshow and subsequent public meeting witnessed a significant turnout, with BJP leaders projecting it as a strong show of s ...Read More >
Guwahati, April 6: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday mounted a strong counterattack against the Congress, rejecting allegations over his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma's alleged foreign passports and assets, and claiming the controversy is part of a larger, coordinated attempt to influence the Assembly elections. Targets Congress leaders Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, the Chief Minister directly targeted Congress leaders Pawan Khera and Gaurav Gogoi, alleging that the do ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 6 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma on Monday said she has filed an FIR over the allegations levelled by Congress and accused the opposition party of acting in frustration and trying to "set up a playbook". In an interview with ANI, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma said that allegations cannot be taken in "a lenient manner" and "justice prevail". The allegations were levelled by Congress Media Department Chairperson Pawan Khera at a ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 6 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday rejected allegations made by the Congress regarding overseas assets, calling purported Dubai property documents "fake" and part of a "fake AI campaign". In a post on X, Sarma said, "Busting another lie of #CongFakeAICampaign. The Dubai property title deeds have also turned out to be FAKE with glaring inconsistencies and no authentic record.... All of their lies are THUS BUSTED. Legal action will follow." ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 6 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister's wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma on Monday denied allegations made by the Congress party that she or her family have assets or business interests in Dubai or abroad, calling the claims "shameful". She accused the Congress of running a campaign to malign her family, and said the party is relying on AI-generated and photoshopped content to defame people. Speaking to ANI, Sharma said, "It seems that a mad dog has bitten them and from the to ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 6 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday rejected allegations made by the Congress regarding overseas assets, calling purported Dubai property documents "fake" and part of a "fake AI campaign". In a post on X, Sarma said, "Busting another lie of #CongFakeAICampaign. The Dubai property title deeds have also turned out to be FAKE with glaring inconsistencies and no authentic record.... All of their lies are THUS BUSTED. Legal action will follow." ...Read More >
GUWAHATI, April 6: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday claimed that the Congress' media conference on Sunday accusing his wife of holding "multiple foreign passports", had a Pakistan link. "The Pakistani link to the media conference has become very apparent. The entire material of the media conference by the Congress was taken from a Pakistani social media group," Sarma informed mediapersons here, while making a point-by-point rebuttal of Congress leader Pawan Khera's allegations ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday strongly refuted allegations linking his family to property ownership in Dubai, calling the claims "completely fake" and part of what he described as a misinformation campaign by the Congress. In a post on X, Sarma said that documents being circulated online, purportedly showing Dubai property title deeds linked to his family, were fabricated and riddled with inconsistencies. "Busting another lie of #CongFakeAICampaign. The Dubai pro ...Read More >
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], April 6 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Nehru-Gandhi family in poll-bound Assam, alleging that "the so-called first family of Congress is the most corrupt family in the country" and they come to Assam and make "false allegations" against others. Addressing a rally here, PM Modi alleged that Congress has not only been corrupt, but has also not willing to work and people of Assam were deprived of the benefits they deserved ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, on Monday strongly denied Congress allegations that she holds foreign passports and has undisclosed assets abroad, as the political row escalated ahead of the 2026 Assam Assembly elections.Riniki Bhuyan Sharma rejected the allegations in a post on X and hit back at Assam Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi. "I'll save you the suspense and answer these laughable questions myself, @GauravGogoiAsm. Here it is: Neither I, nor ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 6 (ANI): Riniki Bhuyan Sharma on Monday rejected allegations made by Gaurav Gogoi that she or her family hold assets or business interests in Dubai or abroad. She also hit back at Gogoi, asking him to disclose details about his own family. Also Read | What Is the 'Shaurya Didi' Concept? All You Need To Know As Madhya Pradesh High Court Allows 19-Year-Old Married Woman To Live With Partner of Her Choice. In a post on X, the Assam Chief Minister's spouse said, "I ...Read More >
Thrissur (Kerala), Apr 6 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan as "arrogant", alleging that they have a mindset of ruling over people rather than working with them. Addressing an election rally at Mala here, Gandhi said the Assembly polls in Kerala were a fight between the Congress-led UDF and the ruling LDF, which he alleged was being indirectly supported by the BJP. "There is a hidden hand helping the LDF a ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 6 (ANI): Riniki Bhuyan Sharma on Monday rejected allegations made by Gaurav Gogoi that she or her family hold assets or business interests in Dubai or abroad. She also hit back at Gogoi, asking him to disclose details about his own family. In a post on X, the Assam Chief Minister's spouse said, "I'll save you the suspense and answer these laughable questions myself. Here it is: Neither I, nor my children, nor my husband have any business interests or assets in D ...Read More >
Assam Assembly Elections 2026: The BJP is looking to secure a third straight term in the northeast state, where it has been in power since 2016. But it needs to be seen whether the saffron party would be able to secure a majority on its own this year. The elections to the 126-member Assam Legislative Assembly will be held in a single phase on April 9 and the results will be declared on May 4, along with those in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the union territory (UT) of Puducherry. The ele ...Read More >
Sarbananda Sonowal, former chief minister and Union minister for shipping, ports and waterways in the Narendra Modi government, is among the key strategists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a star campaigner for the assembly elections in Assam. In an interview, he shared his views on the party's prospects and key issues as it eyes a third straight win. How is the campaign going so far, and how do you rate the prospects of the BJP and its allies? I have seen the brightness in the faces o ...Read More >
Guwahati, Apr 6: The Congress on Monday filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India seeking cancellation of the nomination of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, alleging non-disclosure of his wife's purported offshore assets in his election affidavit. The complaint, submitted to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar by Congress candidate Bidisha Neog, who is contesting against Sarma from the Jalukbari constituency, also called for a probe into the alleged "suppression of ...Read More >
Thrissur (Kerala), April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rahul Gandhi said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was not a 'divine figure' uniquely capable of ruling Kerala, and that the state was home to many capable leaders marked by humility and empathy. He argued that projecting oneself as the sole capable leader insults the people of Kerala and reflects arrogance. According to him, such messaging undermines both the public and other leaders within the Left. Building on this sharp critique, Rahul Gandhi all ...Read More >
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