BJP Unveils BTC Manifesto, Pledges Full Bodo Accord Implementation Ahead of Sept. 22 Vote
The party contests the council election independently for the first time to try to form the BTC government.
Overview
- The manifesto promises targeted delivery: expanding Orunodoi to five lakh families within a month of forming the council, benefiting five lakh women through Mahila Udyomita Asoni, providing Nijut Moina to every girl student, and setting up a government college in every subdivision with a new Bodoland University campus in Udalguri.
- Infrastructure and governance pledges include bridging rivers to improve connectivity, making Tamulpur Medical College functional, guaranteeing land and constitutional safeguards for all communities, and introducing a new democratic process for electing VCDC representatives.
- The party tied its pitch to 100% implementation of the 2020 Bodo Peace Accord and highlighted recent security and funding gains cited by leaders as evidence of momentum in the BTR.
- Outreach stressed inclusivity, with the vision document published in Assamese, Bodo and English and election songs released in five languages to engage 26 communities.
- Polling for the 40-seat council is on September 22 with counting on September 26, as 2,657,937 voters are set to cast ballots across 3,359 stations, while campaigning intensifies in constituencies like Bijni and the chief minister flags a developing SIT probe to be taken up after the polls.