Overview

• The BJP launched an extensive statewide campaign on April 21, featuring over a hundred planned public meetings and mass gatherings across Assam.
• Senior BJP leaders, including Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, are spearheading the campaign to highlight the party's governance record and development initiatives.
• A total of 348 Panchayat seats have been decided uncontested, with the BJP-led NDA securing 325 of them, bolstering confidence in an electoral sweep.
• Congress, led by Bhupen Kumar Borah, is challenging the BJP with promises of rural loan waivers and subsidized LPG cylinders to appeal to agrarian voters.
• Polling for the two-phase Panchayat elections is scheduled for May 2 and May 7, with results to be announced on May 11.