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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would clasp powerfulness successful Assam by winning much than 90 seats successful the coming Assembly election, enactment person and Union Home Minister Amit Shah said connected Saturday (March 28, 2026).
The NDA is contesting each 126 constituencies successful Assam. The BJP has fielded candidates successful 90 seats, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) successful 26, and the Bodoland People’s Front successful 11. The BJP and AGP volition person a affable contention successful the Sibsagar seat.
Assembly Elections updates connected March 28, 2026
The BJP-led confederation had won 75 seats successful the 2021 election, 9 less than the 84 won successful its breakthrough 2016 election.
Mr. Shah said that the upwind was blowing successful favour of the NDA successful Assam and the enactment and its allies would reap the dividends of the show by the authorities led by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. “A BJP-led NDA authorities volition beryllium formed present for the 3rd consecutive term,” helium told journalists during a roadshow for the BJP’s Guwahati Central candidate, Vijay Kumar Gupta.
“Assam has seen a batch of changes. Peace agreements person been signed with each extremist groups. Today, determination is nary insurgency oregon extremism successful the State, and the law-and-order concern is satisfactory,” helium said.
Mr. Shah besides attributed the pro-NDA sentiments to the infrastructure propulsion by Prime Minister Narendra Modi successful the region. “A semiconductor portion and different industries are coming up successful Assam,” helium said.
Mr. Shah is scheduled to run for 2 incumbent Ministers — Ashok Singhal successful north-central Assam’s Dhekiajuli constituency and Chandra Mohan Patowary successful occidental Assam’s Tihu constituency — connected Sunday (March 29, 2026). He is expected to sojourn Assam for different circular of campaigning successful April.
