Overview

• On August 2 in Udalguri district, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the BJP’s BTC election campaign and announced 21-member booth committees in each of the 40 constituencies.
• The party will field candidates in 38 seats independently, reserving two as a courtesy for senior Bodo figures such as Pramod Boro and Hagrama Mohilary.
• Sarma framed the polls as a referendum on inclusive growth, pledging to expand welfare schemes, build new infrastructure and establish an Indian Institute of Technology in the region.
• He vowed to grant land rights to every community in the Bodo belt and criticized existing council rules that require land transfer documents dating back to 1947.
• The Assam State Election Commission has published draft rolls showing 26.69 lakh electors and 3,277 polling stations ahead of a mid-August announcement and voting by the third week of September.