Barkhola Assembly Election Results 2026

The AIMPLB slammed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his recent comments on Miya Muslims, terming them “anti-Muslim, dangerous and deeply divisive,” and appealed to the Chief Justice of India and President Droupadi Murmu to step in.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, speaking at a rally in Dibrugarh, said that Assam’s tea will be poured into every European cup after the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union. The deal would bring zero tariffs on tea leaves, Shah said. Here's how the FTA has emerged as a key poll plank in the election-bound state.

Home Minister Amit Shah claimed that Assam’s demography underwent significant change during the Congress’s two-decade rule, alleging that seven districts are now “dominated by 64 lakh infiltrators.”

Amit Shah intensified the BJP’s criticism of the Opposition ahead of the Assembly elections, amid the controversy over the Assamese scarf, a symbol of cultural significance in Assam and the broader Northeast.

PM Modi in Bengal Highlights: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a massive rally in Singur on Sunday and said that West Bengal stands at the cusp of real change after 15 years of TMC "misrule and lawlessness". He accused the Trinamool Congress of compromising national security by allegedly protecting illegal immigrants as a vote bank and urged youth to remain vigilant. Calling for strict action against those using forged documents, Modi appealed for BJP support, saying one vote could bring change. He advocated a BJP "double-engine" government for faster development, citing improved implementation of central schemes like Har Ghar Jal in BJP-ruled states such as Tripura. Modi also accused the TMC of denying quality education to Bengal’s youth. Earlier, he inaugurated and laid foundation stones for projects worth over Rs 830 crore in Singur, while also launching major infrastructure initiatives in Assam. The Prime Minister concluded his two-day visit to the poll-bound states on Sunday evening. Stay tuned to IndiaToday.in for the latest updates.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at the Congress over its poor performance in the recent Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, saying the party had slipped to the “fourth or fifth” position in Mumbai, the city where it was founded.

The BJP’s decisive win in the Assam panchayat elections, where the NDA won 300 of 397 zila parishad seats, sends a strong message ahead of the crucial 2026 Assembly polls. The victory gives credence to Himanta Biswa Sarma's aim of winning over 100 seats in the 126-member Assembly in 2026 despite anti-incumbency and better show by the Congress in the Lok Sabha election.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Indian National Congress of neglecting Assam and the Northeast and protecting infiltrators, asserting that the BJP government was correcting decades-old mistakes and driving development in the region.