Overview

• Campaigning intensified as the BJP, UPPL, BPF and Congress chose to run solo, with counting scheduled for September 26.
• Himanta Biswa Sarma told rallies that BTC land would be reserved for local communities and not handed to corporates such as Adani or Ambani.
• He said the BJP is "very close" to forming the council and argued the Chief Executive Member should come from his party.
• He promised to clear pending issues and deliver a streamlined BTC administration within one year if the BJP leads the council.
• He credited recent peace in the region to the BJP and added that the NRC has not been finalised, citing a sharp fall in registered Bengali Hindu D-voters while predicting most minority votes will go to Congress.