Assam Assembly Elections 2016

Make sure BJP alliance gets an absolute majority: PM Modi tells Assam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged the people of Assam to vote decisively for the BJP, warning that a hung assembly will hurt the state.

Sonia Gandhi launches offensive against Modi in Assam, says BJP's communal politics controlled from Nagpur

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making grandiose statements during his visits abroad while "spreading hatred" at home, and cautioned voters in Assam against BJP's "communal politics controlled from Nagpur".

Assam elections: Over 60% turnout till 3.30 p.m. in first phase

Over 60 percent of the 95 lakh electorate cast their ballot till 3.30 pm on Monday in the first round of assembly elections to pick 65 legislators in Assam, officials here said.

Assam polls: For 10 years Congress govt at Centre was being run from Italy, says Shah

Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi for his remarks that if BJP wins in Assam, the state government will be run by RSS from Nagpur, party chief Amit Shah said on Thursday that the previous UPA government at the Centre was being run from Italy.

'When Congress was in power, India was ruled from Italy': Amit Shah serves rejoinder to Rahul Gandhi's Nagpur jibe

When the UPA government was in power, India was being run from Italy, BJP president Amit Shah said, in a retort to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi

We will completely seal Bangladesh border, promises Rajnath Singh

Home minister Rajnath Singh has said the NDA govt will completely seal the Indo-Bangladesh border within a reasonable time-frame to stop illegal immigration

Narendra Modi makes statements full of lies, has lowered PM's post, says Tarun Gogoi

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of lying and making statements against him "without basis