Siddhartha Bhattacharya

Acceptance of BJP among Muslims has increased, claims Assam BJP chief

In a freewheeling chat with Firstpost, Assam BJP chief Siddhartha Bhattacharya, who took over as state president in August 2014, talks about the challenges and opportunities for the party in the state.

BJP leader in Assam quits party, brings Modi in line of fire

Bora, a graudate of St Stephens College, Delhi and an IIM, Ahmedabad, passout, also questioned Amit Shah's "highly centralized style of decision-making" that "has ensured that many party office bearers feel highly dis-empowered".

NDFB(S) carnage joint failure of Centre and state: Gogoi

Rejecting Gogoi's view, BJP Assam unit president Siddhartha Bhattacharya told reporters here that "law and order is a state subject. The Centre can only give forces to the state but it is the state's responsibility to deploy them".

PM's maiden visit to Assam starts on Saturday

Modi will arrive in Guwahati on 29 November on the two-day visit and is expected to flag off the first train from Meghalaya and lay the foundation stone for Bharibi-Sairang new railway line at a function to be held at Northeast Frontier Railway stadium, official sources said.