Overview
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma released the BJP’s vision document, promising full implementation of the 2020 Bodo Peace Accord alongside a push for peace, infrastructure and women’s empowerment.
- Key pledges include Orunodoi support for 5 lakh families, Mahila Udyomita benefits for 5 lakh women, Nijut Moina for every girl student, a government college in each subdivision and a new Bodoland University campus in Udalguri.
- The BJP is contesting the 40-seat council independently for the first time and is using multilingual songs and materials to signal outreach across the region’s communities.
- Rival parties rolled out their plans, with the BPF issuing a 98-point manifesto focused on land pattas and targeted funds and the UPPL outlining Maa, Mati, Jati, Education and Peace missions.
- Campaigning has intensified in constituencies such as Bijni/Thuribari, and the chief minister said a 96-page SIT report mentioning a Congress MP will be discussed in Cabinet before any public release.